diff --git a/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/om_curl.c b/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/om_curl.c
index bf01d92ae6f..fcd403c4fa8 100644
--- a/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/om_curl.c
+++ b/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/om_curl.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int om_curl_multi_download(void *urlPathList, int maxParallel)
           }
         } else {
           fclose(fout);
-          if (rename(MMC_STRINGDATA(p->tmpFilename), MMC_STRINGDATA(p->filename))) {
+          if (omc_rename(MMC_STRINGDATA(p->tmpFilename), MMC_STRINGDATA(p->filename))) {
             const char *msgs[3] = {strerror(errno), MMC_STRINGDATA(p->filename), MMC_STRINGDATA(p->tmpFilename)};
             c_add_message(NULL, -1, ErrorType_runtime,ErrorLevel_error, "Failed to rename file after downloading with curl %s %s: %s", msgs, 3);
           }
diff --git a/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/systemimpl.c b/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/systemimpl.c
index fba875ca800..12b23fcfde4 100644
--- a/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/systemimpl.c
+++ b/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/systemimpl.c
@@ -2992,10 +2992,7 @@ int SystemImpl__fileContentsEqual(const char *file1, const char *file2)
 
 int SystemImpl__rename(const char *source, const char *dest)
 {
-#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
-  return MoveFileEx(source, dest, MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING);
-#endif
-  return 0==rename(source,dest);
+   return omc_rename(source, dest);
 }
 
 char* SystemImpl__ctime(double time)
diff --git a/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/systemimpl.h b/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/systemimpl.h
index 972de9ae70c..77dbf6a0bf0 100644
--- a/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/systemimpl.h
+++ b/OMCompiler/Compiler/runtime/systemimpl.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ extern int SystemImpl__setLDFlags(const char *str);
 extern char* SystemImpl__pwd(void);
 extern int SystemImpl__regularFileExists(const char* str);
 extern int SystemImpl__removeFile(const char* filename);
+extern int SystemImpl__rename(const char *source, const char *dest);
 extern const char* SystemImpl__basename(const char *str);
 extern int SystemImpl__systemCall(const char* str, const char* outFile);
 extern void* SystemImpl__systemCallParallel(void *lst, int numThreads);
diff --git a/OMCompiler/SimulationRuntime/c/util/omc_file.c b/OMCompiler/SimulationRuntime/c/util/omc_file.c
index ff2ba27859b..36d85c6838d 100644
--- a/OMCompiler/SimulationRuntime/c/util/omc_file.c
+++ b/OMCompiler/SimulationRuntime/c/util/omc_file.c
@@ -217,8 +217,7 @@ int omc_file_exists(const char* filename) {
  * @param filename  File name
  * @return int      0 on success, -1 on error.
  */
-int omc_unlink(const char *filename)
-{
+int omc_unlink(const char *filename) {
   int result = 0;
 #if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
   wchar_t* unicodeFilename = omc_multibyte_to_wchar_str(filename);
@@ -241,6 +240,13 @@ int omc_unlink(const char *filename)
   return result;
 }
 
+int omc_rename(const char *source, const char *dest) {
+#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
+  return MoveFileEx(source, dest, MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING);
+#endif
+  return 0==rename(source,dest);
+}
+
 #if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 /**
  * @brief Return long absolute path from given path.
diff --git a/OMCompiler/SimulationRuntime/c/util/omc_file.h b/OMCompiler/SimulationRuntime/c/util/omc_file.h
index 0c2f18f57af..7b78b86dbcb 100644
--- a/OMCompiler/SimulationRuntime/c/util/omc_file.h
+++ b/OMCompiler/SimulationRuntime/c/util/omc_file.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ int omc_lstat(const char *filename, omc_stat_t *statbuf);
 int omc_file_exists(const char* filename);
 
 int omc_unlink(const char *filename);
+int omc_rename(const char *source, const char *dest);
 
 #if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 wchar_t* longabspath(wchar_t* unicodePath);