diff --git a/compat.h b/compat.h
index 8666a1d..2a44a2b 100644
--- a/compat.h
+++ b/compat.h
@@ -223,7 +223,9 @@ int	 	 daemon(int, int);
 #ifndef HAVE_B64_NTOP
 /* b64_ntop.c */
 #undef b64_ntop /* for Cygwin */
-int		 b64_ntop(const char *, size_t, char *, size_t);
+int		 local_b64_ntop(const char *, size_t, char *, size_t);
+#else
+#define local_b64_ntop b64_ntop
 #endif
 
 #ifndef HAVE_FORKPTY
diff --git a/compat/b64_ntop.c b/compat/b64_ntop.c
index 2b4dc2d..a1314ca 100644
--- a/compat/b64_ntop.c
+++ b/compat/b64_ntop.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static const char Pad64 = '=';
    */
 
 int
-b64_ntop(uint8_t const *src, size_t srclength, char *target, size_t targsize) {
+local_b64_ntop(uint8_t const *src, size_t srclength, char *target, size_t targsize) {
 	size_t datalength = 0;
 	uint8_t input[3];
 	uint8_t output[4];
diff --git a/tty.c b/tty.c
index 7be952c..06dedab 100644
--- a/tty.c
+++ b/tty.c
@@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ tty_cmd_setselection(struct tty *tty, const struct tty_ctx *ctx)
 	off = 4 * ((ctx->num + 2) / 3) + 1; /* storage for base64 */
 	buf = xmalloc(off);
 
-	b64_ntop(ctx->ptr, ctx->num, buf, off);
+	local_b64_ntop(ctx->ptr, ctx->num, buf, off);
 	tty_putcode_ptr2(tty, TTYC_MS, "", buf);
 
 	free(buf);