diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11decoder.cpp b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11decoder.cpp
index 23329a0f4f..c517b68646 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11decoder.cpp
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/gstd3d11decoder.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 #include <string>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_WINMM
-#include <timeapi.h>
+#include <mmsystem.h>
 #endif
 
 GST_DEBUG_CATEGORY_EXTERN (gst_d3d11_decoder_debug);
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
index 11306f1fb2..36a8d43f7e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if d3d11_winapi_desktop
                     'gstd3d11screencapturesrc.cpp']
 
   # multimedia clock is desktop only API
-  if winmm_lib.found() and cc.has_header('timeapi.h')
+  if winmm_lib.found() and cc.has_header('mmsystem.h')
     extra_args += ['-DHAVE_WINMM']
     extra_dep += [winmm_lib]
   endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/gst-play.c b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/gst-play.c
index d8702b957a..6d6da71b1c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/gst-play.c
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/gst-play.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_WINMM
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <windows.h>
-#include <timeapi.h>
+#include <mmsystem.h>
 #endif
 
 #include "gst-play-kb.h"
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/meson.build
index f96d0601b3..ed180f8de5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/tools/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if host_system == 'windows'
 
   if not building_for_uwp
     winmm_lib = cc.find_library('winmm', required: false)
-    if winmm_lib.found() and cc.has_header('timeapi.h')
+    if winmm_lib.found() and cc.has_header('mmsystem.h')
       extra_args += ['-DHAVE_WINMM']
       extra_deps += [winmm_lib]
     endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/gst-launch.c b/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/gst-launch.c
index 2a3bf4bc7b..16759e68de 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/gst-launch.c
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/gst-launch.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #include <locale.h>             /* for LC_ALL */
 #include "tools.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_WINMM
-#include <timeapi.h>
+#include <mmsystem.h>
 #endif
 
 extern volatile gboolean glib_on_error_halt;
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/meson.build
index ad2f5d3a7c..f51892c4cc 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/tools/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extra_launch_arg = []
 if gst_parse
   if host_system == 'windows' and not building_for_uwp
     winmm_lib = cc.find_library('winmm', required: false)
-    if winmm_lib.found() and cc.has_header('timeapi.h')
+    if winmm_lib.found() and cc.has_header('mmsystem.h')
       extra_launch_dep += [winmm_lib]
       extra_launch_arg += ['-DHAVE_WINMM']
     endif