diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5323ec19bf..018e10b5da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ add_library(freertos_kernel STATIC)
 add_subdirectory(include)
 add_subdirectory(portable)
 
-target_sources(freertos_kernel PRIVATE
+target_sources(freertos_kernel PUBLIC
     croutine.c
     event_groups.c
     list.c
diff --git a/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c b/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
index 0a0fba6a34..0cbe2a4d8a 100644
--- a/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
+++ b/portable/MSVC-MingW/port.c
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
 #include "FreeRTOS.h"
 #include "task.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+    #include <winsock2.h>
+#else
+    #include <winsock.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <timeapi.h>
+#include <mmsystem.h>
+#include <winbase.h>
+
 #ifdef __GNUC__
     #include "mmsystem.h"
 #else
diff --git a/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h b/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
index 48a8bf4b08..4a824b5ae6 100644
--- a/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
+++ b/portable/MSVC-MingW/portmacro.h
@@ -29,16 +29,7 @@
 #ifndef PORTMACRO_H
 #define PORTMACRO_H
 
-#ifdef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
-    #include <winsock2.h>
-#else
-    #include <winsock.h>
-#endif
 
-#include <windows.h>
-#include <timeapi.h>
-#include <mmsystem.h>
-#include <winbase.h>
 
 /******************************************************************************
 *   Defines