diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index d85d68065e..bed417875e 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "../git-compat-util.h"
 #include "win32.h"
+#include <conio.h>
 #include "../strbuf.h"
 
 unsigned int _CRT_fmode = _O_BINARY;
diff --git a/compat/win32.h b/compat/win32.h
index d531130b12..c26384e595 100644
--- a/compat/win32.h
+++ b/compat/win32.h
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 /* common Win32 functions for MinGW and Cygwin */
 #include <windows.h>
-#include <conio.h>
 
 static inline int file_attr_to_st_mode (DWORD attr)
 {