diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 39933e788c..d9afd8c3ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4046,8 +4046,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "ntapi"
 version = "0.3.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c28774a7fd2fbb4f0babd8237ce554b73af68021b5f695a3cebd6c59bac0980f"
+source = "git+https://github.com/MSxDOS/ntapi.git?rev=9f56b149c9e25796739157c0fce3e0007a7de6eb#9f56b149c9e25796739157c0fce3e0007a7de6eb"
 dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e428f0d722..4928b6885a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ vek = { git = "https://github.com/yoanlcq/vek.git", rev = "84d5cb65841d46599a986
 # patch wgpu so we can use wgpu-profiler crate
 # wgpu = { git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu.git", rev = "a92b8549a8e2cb9dac781bafc5ed32828f3caf46" }
 wgpu = { git = "https://github.com/pythonesque/wgpu.git", rev = "179ea209374a92837cde252f1d9ee01f628cae08" }
+# ntapi 3.7 fails to compile under windows due to the bug https://github.com/MSxDOS/ntapi/pull/12
+ntapi = { git = "https://github.com/MSxDOS/ntapi.git", rev = "9f56b149c9e25796739157c0fce3e0007a7de6eb" }
 
 # # use the latest fixes in naga (remove when updates trickle down to wgpu-rs)
 # naga = { git = "https://github.com/gfx-rs/naga.git", rev = "3a0f0144112ff621dd7f731bf455adf6cab19164" }