diff --git a/include/libssh/priv.h b/include/libssh/priv.h
index 31abb106..e5ba96fe 100644
--- a/include/libssh/priv.h
+++ b/include/libssh/priv.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #ifndef _LIBSSH_PRIV_H
 #define _LIBSSH_PRIV_H
 
+#include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -128,6 +129,13 @@ char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n);
 #   endif /* HAVE__VSNPRINTF */
 #  endif /* HAVE__VSNPRINTF_S */
 
+#  ifndef _SSIZE_T_DEFINED
+#   undef ssize_t
+#   include <BaseTsd.h>
+    typedef _W64 SSIZE_T ssize_t;
+#   define _SSIZE_T_DEFINED
+#  endif /* _SSIZE_T_DEFINED */
+
 # endif /* _MSC_VER */
 
 struct timeval;
diff --git a/include/libssh/sftp.h b/include/libssh/sftp.h
index b18bdc48..21512bce 100644
--- a/include/libssh/sftp.h
+++ b/include/libssh/sftp.h
@@ -53,9 +53,14 @@ extern "C" {
   typedef uint32_t gid_t;
 #endif /* gid_t */
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#ifndef ssize_t
-  typedef _W64 SSIZE_T ssize_t;
-#endif /* ssize_t */
+
+# ifndef _SSIZE_T_DEFINED
+#  undef ssize_t
+#  include <BaseTsd.h>
+   typedef _W64 SSIZE_T ssize_t;
+#  define _SSIZE_T_DEFINED
+# endif /* _SSIZE_T_DEFINED */
+
 #endif /* _MSC_VER */
 #endif /* _WIN32 */