diff --git a/plugins/out_s3/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/out_s3/CMakeLists.txt
index 94e04861707..6492658ab72 100644
--- a/plugins/out_s3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/out_s3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,4 +3,14 @@ set(src
   s3_store.c
   s3_multipart.c)
 
+set(libs "")
+
+if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
+  set(libs
+    ${libs}
+    Shell32.lib
+    Shlwapi.lib)
+endif()
+
 FLB_PLUGIN(out_s3 "${src}" "")
+target_link_libraries(flb-plugin-out_s3 ${libs})
diff --git a/plugins/out_s3/s3.c b/plugins/out_s3/s3.c
index 0c80a855159..0850d6354eb 100644
--- a/plugins/out_s3/s3.c
+++ b/plugins/out_s3/s3.c
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@
 
 #include <msgpack.h>
 
+#ifdef FLB_SYSTEM_WINDOWS
+#include <Shlobj.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "s3.h"
 #include "s3_store.h"