diff --git a/libretro-common/include/compat/fopen_utf8.h b/libretro-common/include/compat/fopen_utf8.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c6d44d778
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+++ b/libretro-common/include/compat/fopen_utf8.h
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define fopen fopen_utf8
+FILE* fopen_utf8(const char * filename, const char * mode);
+#endif