diff --git a/common/attrstr.h b/common/attrstr.h
index fb2346d1..2f4e42b4 100644
--- a/common/attrstr.h
+++ b/common/attrstr.h
@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@
 #define uiprivAlloc(x, y) uiAlloc(x, y)
 #define uiprivRealloc(x, y, z) uiRealloc(x, y, z)
 #define uiprivFree(x) uiFree(x)
-#ifndef _WIN32
-#define uiprivStricmp(x, y) strcasecmp(x, y)
-#else
-#define uiprivStricmp(x, y) stricmp(x, y)
-#endif
 
 // attribute.c
 extern uiAttribute *uiprivAttributeRetain(uiAttribute *a);
diff --git a/common/uipriv.h b/common/uipriv.h
index 3cd23605..02676a16 100644
--- a/common/uipriv.h
+++ b/common/uipriv.h
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ extern void fallbackSkew(uiDrawMatrix *, double, double, double, double);
 extern void scaleCenter(double, double, double *, double *);
 extern void fallbackTransformSize(uiDrawMatrix *, double *, double *);
 
+// OS-specific text.* files
+extern int uiprivStricmp(const char *a, const char *b);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/windows/text.cpp b/windows/text.cpp
index af79fb80..e3a23570 100644
--- a/windows/text.cpp
+++ b/windows/text.cpp
@@ -105,3 +105,16 @@ void uiWindowsSetWindowText(HWND hwnd, const char *text)
 	setWindowText(hwnd, wtext);
 	uiFree(wtext);
 }
+
+int uiprivStricmp(const char *a, const char *b)
+{
+	WCHAR *wa, *wb;
+	int ret;
+
+	wa = toUTF16(a);
+	wb = toUTF16(b);
+	ret = _wcsicmp(wa, wb);
+	uiFree(wb);
+	uiFree(wa);
+	return ret;
+}