diff --git a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_win.cpp b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_win.cpp
--- a/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_win.cpp
+++ b/compiler-rt/lib/sanitizer_common/sanitizer_win.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #define NOGDI
-#include <direct.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <io.h>
 #include <psapi.h>
@@ -571,7 +570,9 @@
   internal__exit(3);
 }
 
-bool CreateDir(const char *pathname) { return _mkdir(pathname) == 0; }
+bool CreateDir(const char *pathname) {
+  return CreateDirectoryA(pathname, nullptr) != 0;
+}
 
 #if !SANITIZER_GO
 // Read the file to extract the ImageBase field from the PE header. If ASLR is