diff --git a/src/log_windows.cpp b/src/log_windows.cpp
index 9b77eb5fb1dd..8f5d75937b6f 100644
--- a/src/log_windows.cpp
+++ b/src/log_windows.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
    See the COPYING file for more details.
 */
 
+// For some reason, it became necessary to include this before the header
+// after switching to c++11
+#include <cstdio>
+
 #include "log_windows.hpp"
 
 #include "filesystem.hpp"
@@ -19,7 +23,6 @@
 #include "log.hpp"
 #include "serialization/unicode.hpp"
 
-#include <cstdio>
 #include <ctime>
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
diff --git a/src/log_windows.hpp b/src/log_windows.hpp
index f2b8fc23717e..039989e983cb 100644
--- a/src/log_windows.hpp
+++ b/src/log_windows.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #ifndef DESKTOP_WINDOWS_LOG_HPP_INCLUDED
 #define DESKTOP_WINDOWS_LOG_HPP_INCLUDED
 
-#include <stdio.h>
 #include <string>
 
 /**