diff --git a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.cpp b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.cpp
index 70aafa2d..3c131780 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.cpp
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ ArchMultithreadWindows::newThread(ThreadFunc func, void* data)
 
 	// create thread
 	unsigned int id = 0;
-	thread->m_thread = static_cast<HANDLE>(_beginthreadex(NULL, 0,
+	thread->m_thread = reinterpret_cast<HANDLE>(_beginthreadex(NULL, 0,
 								threadFunc, (void*)thread, 0, &id));
 	thread->m_id     = static_cast<DWORD>(id);