diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qwineventnotifier.h b/src/corelib/kernel/qwineventnotifier.h
index 56605d9aaa..cddb9d73be 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qwineventnotifier.h
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qwineventnotifier.h
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 #include "QtCore/qobject.h"
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-#include "QtCore/qt_windows.h"
 
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
@@ -54,6 +53,7 @@ class Q_CORE_EXPORT QWinEventNotifier : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_DECLARE_PRIVATE(QWinEventNotifier)
+    typedef Qt::HANDLE HANDLE;
 
 public:
     explicit QWinEventNotifier(QObject *parent = 0);
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qwineventnotifier/tst_qwineventnotifier.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qwineventnotifier/tst_qwineventnotifier.cpp
index 8a0ff162c6..952cb031b8 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qwineventnotifier/tst_qwineventnotifier.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/kernel/qwineventnotifier/tst_qwineventnotifier.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <QtTest/QtTest>
 #include <qwineventnotifier.h>
 #include <qtimer.h>
+#include <qt_windows.h>
 
 class tst_QWinEventNotifier : public QObject
 {
diff --git a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
index 0ee40713aa..1e2b0ed649 100644
--- a/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/corelib/tools/qdatetime/tst_qdatetime.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <private/qdatetime_p.h>
 
 #ifdef Q_OS_WIN
-# include <windows.h>
+#   include <qt_windows.h>
 #endif
 
 class tst_QDateTime : public QObject