diff --git a/src/share/win_utf8_io/win_utf8_io.c b/src/share/win_utf8_io/win_utf8_io.c
index bbb6a74a..8b20bbb7 100644
--- a/src/share/win_utf8_io/win_utf8_io.c
+++ b/src/share/win_utf8_io/win_utf8_io.c
@@ -110,7 +110,11 @@ int get_utf8_argv(int *argc, char ***argv)
 	char **utf8argv;
 	int ret, i;
 
+#if defined (WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION) && !WINAPI_FAMILY_PARTITION(WINAPI_PARTITION_DESKTOP | WINAPI_PARTITION_SYSTEM)
+	if ((handle = LoadPackagedLibrary("msvcrt.dll", 0)) == NULL) return 1;
+#else
 	if ((handle = LoadLibraryW(L"msvcrt.dll")) == NULL) return 1;
+#endif
 	if ((wgetmainargs = (wgetmainargs_t)GetProcAddress(handle, "__wgetmainargs")) == NULL) {
 		FreeLibrary(handle);
 		return 1;