diff --git a/lib/gdeflate/libdeflate/common/compiler_gcc.h b/lib/gdeflate/libdeflate/common/compiler_gcc.h
index 18147a2..b3f998c 100644
--- a/lib/gdeflate/libdeflate/common/compiler_gcc.h
+++ b/lib/gdeflate/libdeflate/common/compiler_gcc.h
@@ -203,7 +203,19 @@ typedef char  __v64qi __attribute__((__vector_size__(64)));
 /*
  * Setup rotation macros similar to MSVS intrinsics.
  * These should recognized by compilers.
+ *
+ * mingw's <stdlib.h> declares _rotl/_rotr/_rotl64/_rotr64 as functions, so
+ * a translation unit that pulls compiler_gcc.h in first (libdeflate's own
+ * utils.c does exactly that) and then includes <stdlib.h> would see the
+ * function declarations mangled by these macros. Force <stdlib.h> in here
+ * on mingw so the declarations get parsed before the macro names get
+ * shadowed; the header guard makes the later #include a no-op and call
+ * sites still resolve to the macros below.
  */
+#if defined(__MINGW32__) || defined(__MINGW64__)
+#  include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifndef _rotr16
 #define _rotr16(x,n)	((x>>n) + (x<<(16-n)))
 #endif