diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e94e6e2609..46d4d526fe 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ FFLIBS := avutil
 DATA_FILES := $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/presets/*.ffpreset) $(SRC_PATH)/doc/ffprobe.xsd
 EXAMPLES_FILES := $(wildcard $(SRC_PATH)/doc/examples/*.c) $(SRC_PATH)/doc/examples/Makefile $(SRC_PATH)/doc/examples/README
 
-SKIPHEADERS = cmdutils_common_opts.h
+SKIPHEADERS = cmdutils_common_opts.h compat/w32pthreads.h
 
 include $(SRC_PATH)/common.mak
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/w32pthreads.h b/compat/w32pthreads.h
similarity index 96%
rename from libavcodec/w32pthreads.h
rename to compat/w32pthreads.h
index 11ee2faee8..71c1da6abf 100644
--- a/libavcodec/w32pthreads.h
+++ b/compat/w32pthreads.h
@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@
  * Authors: Steven Walters <kemuri9@gmail.com>
  *          Pegasys Inc. <http://www.pegasys-inc.com>
  *
- * This file is part of Libav.
+ * This file is part of FFmpeg.
  *
- * Libav is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Libav is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with Libav; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
  * w32threads to pthreads wrapper
  */
 
-#ifndef AVCODEC_W32PTHREADS_H
-#define AVCODEC_W32PTHREADS_H
+#ifndef LIBAV_W32PTHREADS_H
+#define LIBAV_W32PTHREADS_H
 
 /* Build up a pthread-like API using underlying Windows API. Have only static
  * methods so as to not conflict with a potentially linked in pthread-win32
@@ -277,4 +277,4 @@ static void w32thread_init(void)
 
 }
 
-#endif /* AVCODEC_W32PTHREADS_H */
+#endif /* LIBAV_W32PTHREADS_H */
diff --git a/libavcodec/Makefile b/libavcodec/Makefile
index c0d165a6b4..cbcc587d65 100644
--- a/libavcodec/Makefile
+++ b/libavcodec/Makefile
@@ -804,7 +804,6 @@ SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_VAAPI)            += vaapi_internal.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_VDA)              += vda.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(CONFIG_VDPAU)            += vdpau.h
 SKIPHEADERS-$(HAVE_OS2THREADS)         += os2threads.h
-SKIPHEADERS-$(HAVE_W32THREADS)         += w32pthreads.h
 
 TESTPROGS = cabac                                                       \
             dct                                                         \
diff --git a/libavcodec/frame_thread_encoder.c b/libavcodec/frame_thread_encoder.c
index b11a54af2b..98c50abe3a 100644
--- a/libavcodec/frame_thread_encoder.c
+++ b/libavcodec/frame_thread_encoder.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #if HAVE_PTHREADS
 #include <pthread.h>
 #elif HAVE_W32THREADS
-#include "w32pthreads.h"
+#include "compat/w32pthreads.h"
 #elif HAVE_OS2THREADS
 #include "os2threads.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/libavcodec/pthread.c b/libavcodec/pthread.c
index f3e0f71b54..036d53bc4f 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pthread.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pthread.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #if HAVE_PTHREADS
 #include <pthread.h>
 #elif HAVE_W32THREADS
-#include "w32pthreads.h"
+#include "compat/w32pthreads.h"
 #elif HAVE_OS2THREADS
 #include "os2threads.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/libavcodec/vp8.h b/libavcodec/vp8.h
index 90109ad154..1bba79e415 100644
--- a/libavcodec/vp8.h
+++ b/libavcodec/vp8.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #if HAVE_PTHREADS
 #include <pthread.h>
 #elif HAVE_W32THREADS
-#include "w32pthreads.h"
+#include "compat/w32pthreads.h"
 #elif HAVE_OS2THREADS
 #include "os2threads.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/libavformat/network.c b/libavformat/network.c
index ceed719356..abb89b331e 100644
--- a/libavformat/network.c
+++ b/libavformat/network.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #elif HAVE_OS2THREADS
 #include "libavcodec/os2threads.h"
 #else
-#include "libavcodec/w32pthreads.h"
+#include "compat/w32pthreads.h"
 #endif
 #endif