diff --git a/src/lib/evil/evil_locale.c b/src/lib/evil/evil_locale.c
index a4d056ad93..15610da6a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/evil/evil_locale.c
+++ b/src/lib/evil/evil_locale.c
@@ -6,7 +6,27 @@
 #include <locale.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 
-#include "evil_private.h"
+#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+# define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#endif
+#include <windows.h>
+#undef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+
+#ifdef EAPI
+# undef EAPI
+#endif
+
+#ifdef EFL_BUILD
+# ifdef DLL_EXPORT
+#  define EAPI __declspec(dllexport)
+# else
+#  define EAPI
+# endif
+#else
+# define EAPI __declspec(dllimport)
+#endif
+
+#include "evil_locale.h" /* LC_MESSAGES */
 
 /*
  * LOCALE_SISO639LANGNAME and LOCALE_SISO3166CTRYNAME need at least a buffer