diff --git a/build/windows_sdk_whitelist.mk b/build/windows_sdk_whitelist.mk
index 4ef2aec0b..b9f7196ec 100644
--- a/build/windows_sdk_whitelist.mk
+++ b/build/windows_sdk_whitelist.mk
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ subdirs += \
 	system/core/liblog \
 	system/core/libsparse \
 	system/core/libzipfile \
+	system/core/libs/utils \
 	system/extras/ext4_utils
 
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