diff --git a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_windowsjoystick.c b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_windowsjoystick.c
index c7fa068df..d649edc15 100644
--- a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_windowsjoystick.c
+++ b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_windowsjoystick.c
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@
 #include "../../events/SDL_events_c.h"
 #endif
 #include "../../core/windows/SDL_windows.h"
+#if !defined(__WINRT__)
 #include <dbt.h>
+#endif
 
 #define INITGUID /* Only set here, if set twice will cause mingw32 to break. */
 #include "SDL_windowsjoystick_c.h"