diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index 790d35862a..c822e6b099 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 
 #include <limits.h>
 
+/* Wincrypt must be included before anything that could include OpenSSL. */
+#if defined(USE_WIN32_CRYPTO)
+#include <wincrypt.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "urldata.h"
 #include "sendf.h"
 #include "formdata.h" /* for the boundary function */
@@ -48,10 +53,6 @@
 #include "strerror.h"
 #include "curl_printf.h"
 
-#if defined(USE_WIN32_CRYPTO)
-#include <wincrypt.h>
-#endif
-
 #include <openssl/ssl.h>
 #include <openssl/rand.h>
 #include <openssl/x509v3.h>