diff --git a/tools/gst-play-kb.c b/tools/gst-play-kb.c
index 5bbf2b620e..31a765496b 100644
--- a/tools/gst-play-kb.c
+++ b/tools/gst-play-kb.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 #ifdef G_OS_WIN32
 #include <windows.h>
+#include <io.h>
 #endif
 
 #include <gst/gst.h>