diff --git a/music_mpg123.c b/music_mpg123.c
index cd151b9..b4294ab 100644
--- a/music_mpg123.c
+++ b/music_mpg123.c
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@
 #include "music_mpg123.h"
 
 #include <mpg123.h>
-
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+typedef ptrdiff_t MIX_SSIZE_T;
+#else
+typedef ssize_t   MIX_SSIZE_T;
+#endif
 
 typedef struct {
     int loaded;
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ typedef struct {
     const char* (*mpg123_plain_strerror)(int errcode);
     void (*mpg123_rates)(const long **list, size_t *number);
     int (*mpg123_read)(mpg123_handle *mh, unsigned char *outmemory, size_t outmemsize, size_t *done );
-    int (*mpg123_replace_reader_handle)( mpg123_handle *mh, ssize_t (*r_read) (void *, void *, size_t), off_t (*r_lseek)(void *, off_t, int), void (*cleanup)(void*) );
+    int (*mpg123_replace_reader_handle)( mpg123_handle *mh, MIX_SSIZE_T  (*r_read) (void *, void *, size_t), off_t (*r_lseek)(void *, off_t, int), void (*cleanup)(void*) );
     off_t (*mpg123_seek)( mpg123_handle *mh, off_t sampleoff, int whence );
     const char* (*mpg123_strerror)(mpg123_handle *mh);
 } mpg123_loader;
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ static int MPG123_Load(void)
         FUNCTION_LOADER(mpg123_plain_strerror, const char* (*)(int errcode))
         FUNCTION_LOADER(mpg123_rates, void (*)(const long **list, size_t *number));
         FUNCTION_LOADER(mpg123_read, int (*)(mpg123_handle *mh, unsigned char *outmemory, size_t outmemsize, size_t *done ))
-        FUNCTION_LOADER(mpg123_replace_reader_handle, int (*)( mpg123_handle *mh, ssize_t (*r_read) (void *, void *, size_t), off_t (*r_lseek)(void *, off_t, int), void (*cleanup)(void*) ))
+        FUNCTION_LOADER(mpg123_replace_reader_handle, int (*)( mpg123_handle *mh, MIX_SSIZE_T  (*r_read) (void *, void *, size_t), off_t (*r_lseek)(void *, off_t, int), void (*cleanup)(void*) ))
         FUNCTION_LOADER(mpg123_seek, off_t (*)( mpg123_handle *mh, off_t sampleoff, int whence ))
         FUNCTION_LOADER(mpg123_strerror, const char* (*)(mpg123_handle *mh))
     }
@@ -181,9 +185,9 @@ static char const* mpg_err(mpg123_handle* mpg, int result)
 }
 
 /* we're gonna override mpg123's I/O with these wrappers for RWops */
-static ssize_t rwops_read(void* p, void* dst, size_t n)
+static MIX_SSIZE_T  rwops_read(void* p, void* dst, size_t n)
 {
-    return (ssize_t)SDL_RWread((SDL_RWops*)p, dst, 1, n);
+    return (MIX_SSIZE_T )SDL_RWread((SDL_RWops*)p, dst, 1, n);
 }
 
 static off_t rwops_seek(void* p, off_t offset, int whence)