diff --git a/components/files/path.hpp b/components/files/path.hpp
index 0788cefb15..23c702bbb3 100644
--- a/components/files/path.hpp
+++ b/components/files/path.hpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     #include <components/files/linuxpath.hpp>
     namespace Files { typedef LinuxPath TargetPathType; }
 
-#elif defined(__WIN32) || defined(__WINDOWS__)
+#elif defined(__WIN32) || defined(__WINDOWS__) || defined (_WINDOWS)
     #include <components/files/windowspath.hpp>
     namespace Files { typedef WindowsPath TargetPathType; }
 
diff --git a/components/files/windowspath.cpp b/components/files/windowspath.cpp
index f42f149c14..b971cbbbfe 100644
--- a/components/files/windowspath.cpp
+++ b/components/files/windowspath.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 #include <cstring>
 
 #include <windows.h>
-#include <shobj.h>
+#include <shlobj.h>
+#include <Shlwapi.h>
+
+#pragma comment(lib, "Shlwapi.lib")
 
 namespace Files
 {