diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b97515c72..46e77a210 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  * src/msgwindow.c:
    Add workaround for display problem in Message window:
    Truncate displayed string at 1024 bytes if it is longer.
+ * src/utils.c, src/win32.v:
+   Fix compile error on Windows.
+   Don't use _waccess_s since it seems to be unavailable in MingW32.
 
 
 2008-01-06  Enrico Tröger  <enrico(dot)troeger(at)uvena(dot)de>
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 34ea4f298..46d39acc5 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -741,10 +741,9 @@ gint utils_is_file_writeable(const gchar *locale_filename)
 		ret = errno;
 	else
 		ret = 0;
-
+#endif
 	g_free(file);
 	return ret;
-#endif
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/win32.c b/src/win32.c
index 9615d1c0d..9f54463b7 100644
--- a/src/win32.c
+++ b/src/win32.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ gint win32_check_write_permission(const gchar *dir)
 {
 	static wchar_t w_dir[512];
 	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, dir, -1, w_dir, sizeof w_dir);
-	if (_waccess_s(w_dir, R_OK | W_OK) != 0)
+	if (_waccess(w_dir, R_OK | W_OK) != 0)
 		return errno;
 	else
 		return 0;
@@ -630,7 +630,6 @@ static void debug_setup_console()
 	fp = _fdopen(hConHandle, "w");
 	*stderr = *fp;
 	setvbuf(stderr, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
-
 }