diff --git a/tcc.c b/tcc.c
index 93ed4de..b340d9b 100644
--- a/tcc.c
+++ b/tcc.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ static void help(void)
 #include <process.h>
 static int execvp_win32(const char *prog, char **argv)
 {
-    int ret = spawnvp(P_NOWAIT, prog, (const char *const*)argv);
+    int ret = _spawnvp(P_NOWAIT, prog, (const char *const*)argv);
     if (-1 == ret)
         return ret;
     cwait(&ret, ret, WAIT_CHILD);