diff --git a/src/include/switch_apr.h b/src/include/switch_apr.h
index 349258847d..38d7c78869 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_apr.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_apr.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 SWITCH_BEGIN_EXTERN_C
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-typedef HANDLE                switch_thread_id_t;
+typedef DWORD                switch_thread_id_t;
 #else
 #include <pthread.h>
 typedef pthread_t             switch_thread_id_t;