1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h b/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h
index b864a59741f1..93356d80d1c9 100644
--- a/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h
+++ b/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#else
-#include <intsafe.h>
 #endif
 
+#include <cstdint>
+
 #include "absl/base/port.h"
 
 namespace absl {
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ int NumCPUs();
 // On Linux, you may send a signal to the resulting ID with kill().  However,
 // it is recommended for portability that you use pthread_kill() instead.
 #ifdef _WIN32
-// On Windows, process id and thread id are of the same type according to
-// the return types of GetProcessId() and GetThreadId() are both DWORD.
-using pid_t = DWORD;
+// On Windows, process id and thread id are of the same type according to the
+// return types of GetProcessId() and GetThreadId() are both DWORD, an unsigned
+// 32-bit type.
+using pid_t = uint32_t;
 #endif
 pid_t GetTID();