diff --git a/src/ui/core.c b/src/ui/core.c
index 777ce98a..9d0bcdce 100644
--- a/src/ui/core.c
+++ b/src/ui/core.c
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 #include <X11/extensions/scrnsaver.h>
 #endif
 #include <glib.h>
-#ifdef PLATFORM_CYGWIN
-#include <windows.h>
-#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_NCURSESW_NCURSES_H
 #include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
 #elif HAVE_NCURSES_H
diff --git a/src/ui/notifier.c b/src/ui/notifier.c
index 2cd9ad73..3f2b9688 100644
--- a/src/ui/notifier.c
+++ b/src/ui/notifier.c
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBNOTIFY
 #include <libnotify/notify.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef PLATFORM_CYGWIN
+#include <windows.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "ui/ui.h"