diff --git a/src/common.h b/src/common.h
index ca203ee5c..48c4b5453 100644
--- a/src/common.h
+++ b/src/common.h
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 # ifdef GIT_THREADS
 #	include <pthread.h>
 # endif
+#define GIT_STDLIB_CALL
+
 #endif
 
 #include "git2/types.h"
diff --git a/src/hashsig.c b/src/hashsig.c
index b6020e7f3..e9c5164a4 100644
--- a/src/hashsig.c
+++ b/src/hashsig.c
@@ -19,14 +19,7 @@ typedef uint64_t hashsig_state;
 
 #define HASHSIG_HEAP_SIZE ((1 << 7) - 1)
 
-/* going to use qsort so jump through some Windows hoops */
-#ifdef GIT_WIN32
-#define GIT_CDECL __cdecl
-#else
-#define GIT_CDECL
-#endif
-
-typedef int (GIT_CDECL *hashsig_cmp)(const void *a, const void *b);
+typedef int (GIT_STDLIB_CALL *hashsig_cmp)(const void *a, const void *b);
 
 typedef struct {
 	int size, asize;
@@ -60,13 +53,13 @@ static void hashsig_heap_init(hashsig_heap *h, hashsig_cmp cmp)
 	h->cmp   = cmp;
 }
 
-static int GIT_CDECL hashsig_cmp_max(const void *a, const void *b)
+static int GIT_STDLIB_CALL hashsig_cmp_max(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
 	hashsig_t av = *(const hashsig_t *)a, bv = *(const hashsig_t *)b;
 	return (av < bv) ? -1 : (av > bv) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
-static int GIT_CDECL hashsig_cmp_min(const void *a, const void *b)
+static int GIT_STDLIB_CALL hashsig_cmp_min(const void *a, const void *b)
 {
 	hashsig_t av = *(const hashsig_t *)a, bv = *(const hashsig_t *)b;
 	return (av > bv) ? -1 : (av < bv) ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/src/win32/msvc-compat.h b/src/win32/msvc-compat.h
index 714a85e21..df2111dc8 100644
--- a/src/win32/msvc-compat.h
+++ b/src/win32/msvc-compat.h
@@ -39,4 +39,6 @@ typedef SSIZE_T ssize_t;
 
 #endif
 
+#define GIT_STDLIB_CALL __cdecl
+
 #endif /* INCLUDE_msvc_compat__ */