diff --git a/src/common/utility/basics.h b/src/common/utility/basics.h
index 4d9921ded..ebad42ca9 100644
--- a/src/common/utility/basics.h
+++ b/src/common/utility/basics.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ typedef int32_t							fixed_t;
 
 typedef uint32_t			angle_t;
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+typedef unsigned int		uint;
+#endif
+
 #if defined(__GNUC__)
 // With versions of GCC newer than 4.2, it appears it was determined that the
 // cost of an unaligned pointer on PPC was high enough to add padding to the