diff --git a/src/libstd/os.rs b/src/libstd/os.rs
index 1f63a7c6041..d673470f064 100644
--- a/src/libstd/os.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/os.rs
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@ pub fn list_dir(p: &Path) -> ~[~str] {
                 FindNextFileW,
                 FindClose,
             };
+            use libc::types::os::arch::extra::HANDLE;
             use os::win32::{
                 as_utf16_p
             };