diff --git a/mavground.pri b/mavground.pri
index 0360d428c94793fd4824d9ff2c09d3492d85ef14..5ee7c67e4d271a20f33933482a8d023d5f4895ab 100644
--- a/mavground.pri
+++ b/mavground.pri
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ win32 {
     LIBS += -L$$BASEDIR\lib\sdl\win32 \
         -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -mwindows
     
-    INCLUDEPATH += $$BASEDIR/lib/sdl/include
+    INCLUDEPATH += $$BASEDIR/lib/sdl/include \
+                   C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0\Include
 
     debug {
         DESTDIR = $$BASEDIR/bin
diff --git a/src/GAudioOutput.cc b/src/GAudioOutput.cc
index cac132a525e321b43cc9adb8933047b944a3caea..4fff01198f864348329dc1047870a74767ec5ecd 100644
--- a/src/GAudioOutput.cc
+++ b/src/GAudioOutput.cc
@@ -40,8 +40,9 @@ This file is part of the PIXHAWK project
 #include <ApplicationServices/ApplicationServices.h>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINDOWS
-#include <windows.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+//#include <windows.h>
+#include <sapi.h>
 using System;
 using System.Speech.Synthesis;
 #endif
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ bool GAudioOutput::say(QString text, int severity)
     if (!emergency)
     {
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_WINDOWS
+#ifdef _WIN32
         SpeechSynthesizer synth = new SpeechSynthesizer();
         synth.SelectVoice("Microsoft Anna");
         synth.SpeakText("Hello, world!");