diff --git a/lib/glib28/Makefile.am b/lib/glib28/Makefile.am
index 9d63d2a634..1655b814d6 100644
--- a/lib/glib28/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/glib28/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 noinst_LTLIBRARIES = libgnc-glib.la
 
 DUMMYSRCS = dummy.c
-REALSRCS = gfileutils-2.8.c gwin32-2.8.c
-REALHDRS = gfileutils-2.8.h gstdio-2.8.h gwin32-2.8.h
+REALSRCS = gfileutils-2.8.c
+REALHDRS = gfileutils-2.8.h
+if PLATFORM_WIN32
+REALSRCS += gwin32-2.8.c
+REALHDRS += gstdio-2.8.h gwin32-2.8.h
+endif
 
 if HAVE_GLIB_2_8
 libgnc_glib_la_SOURCES = ${DUMMYSRCS}
diff --git a/lib/glib28/gfileutils-2.8.c b/lib/glib28/gfileutils-2.8.c
index d76afbdabe..9c258e09dc 100644
--- a/lib/glib28/gfileutils-2.8.c
+++ b/lib/glib28/gfileutils-2.8.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <glib.h>
+#include "gfileutils-2.8.h"
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <glib/gstdio.h>
-
+#define _(String) (String)
 
 static gboolean
 rename_file (const char *old_name,