diff --git a/src/utils/file.c b/src/utils/file.c
index f86e605cb..810b4b394 100644
--- a/src/utils/file.c
+++ b/src/utils/file.c
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include "pg_probackup.h"
+/* sys/stat.h must be included after pg_probackup.h (see problems with compilation for windows described in PGPRO-5750) */
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
 #include "file.h"
 #include "storage/checksum.h"