diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 3605fead53..d56613a139 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	CFLAGS =
 	BASIC_CFLAGS = -nologo -I. -I../zlib -Icompat/vcbuild -Icompat/vcbuild/include -DWIN32 -D_CONSOLE -DHAVE_STRING_H -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
 	COMPAT_OBJS = compat/msvc.o compat/winansi.o \
+		compat/win32/path-utils.o \
 		compat/win32/pthread.o compat/win32/syslog.o \
 		compat/win32/trace2_win32_process_info.o \
 		compat/win32/dirent.o
diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 31b47932bd..4386b3e1c8 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
 #include "compat/win32/path-utils.h"
 #include "compat/mingw.h"
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#include "compat/win32/path-utils.h"
 #include "compat/msvc.h"
 #else
 #include <sys/utsname.h>