diff --git a/libyaml/api.c b/libyaml/api.c
--- a/libyaml/api.c
+++ b/libyaml/api.c
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@
  * Get the library version.
  */
 
+/*
+ * added to support _WIN64
+ */
+#if _WIN64
+#define STRDUP _strdup
+#else
+#define STRDUP strdup
+#endif
+
 YAML_DECLARE(const char *)
 yaml_get_version_string(void)
 {
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@
     if (!str)
         return NULL;
 
-    return (yaml_char_t *)strdup((char *)str);
+    return (yaml_char_t *) STRDUP((char *)str);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/yaml.cabal b/yaml.cabal
--- a/yaml.cabal
+++ b/yaml.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:            yaml
-version:         0.8.8.3
+version:         0.8.8.4
 license:         BSD3
 license-file:    LICENSE
 author:          Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>, Anton Ageev <antage@gmail.com>,Kirill Simonov