diff --git a/examples/qwen2-audio/whisper.cpp b/examples/qwen2-audio/whisper.cpp
index 7db2c24ea..6da9d268d 100644
--- a/examples/qwen2-audio/whisper.cpp
+++ b/examples/qwen2-audio/whisper.cpp
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <codecvt>
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <io.h>     // for _setmode
+#include <fcntl.h>  // for _O_BINARY
+#endif
+
 // third-party utilities
 // use your favorite implementations
 #define DR_WAV_IMPLEMENTATION