diff --git a/src/core/windows/SDL_windows.c b/src/core/windows/SDL_windows.c
index a2f0d5300..682aaf1c0 100644
--- a/src/core/windows/SDL_windows.c
+++ b/src/core/windows/SDL_windows.c
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ void WIN_RectToRECT(const SDL_Rect *sdlrect, RECT *winrect)
     winrect->bottom = sdlrect->y + sdlrect->h - 1;
 }
 
+BOOL WIN_IsRectEmpty(const RECT *rect)
+{
+    /* Calculating this manually because UWP and Xbox do not support Win32 IsRectEmpty. */
+    return (rect->right <= rect->left) || (rect->bottom <= rect->top);
+}
 #endif /* defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__WINRT__) || defined(__GDK__) */
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/core/windows/SDL_windows.h b/src/core/windows/SDL_windows.h
index ffea8c6fc..ac6def634 100644
--- a/src/core/windows/SDL_windows.h
+++ b/src/core/windows/SDL_windows.h
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ extern BOOL WIN_IsEqualIID(REFIID a, REFIID b);
 extern void WIN_RECTToRect(const RECT *winrect, SDL_Rect *sdlrect);
 extern void WIN_RectToRECT(const SDL_Rect *sdlrect, RECT *winrect);
 
+/* Returns SDL_TRUE if the rect is empty */
+extern BOOL WIN_IsRectEmpty(const RECT *rect);
+
 /* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
index 95a6f8d90..180c1a8eb 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowsevents.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ WIN_WindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
             break;
         }
 
-        if (!GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect) || IsRectEmpty(&rect)) {
+        if (!GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect) || WIN_IsRectEmpty(&rect)) {
             break;
         }
         ClientToScreen(hwnd, (LPPOINT)&rect);
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ WIN_WindowProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
                 RECT rect;
                 float x, y;
 
-                if (!GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect) || IsRectEmpty(&rect)) {
+                if (!GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect) || WIN_IsRectEmpty(&rect)) {
                     if (inputs) {
                         SDL_small_free(inputs, isstack);
                     }
diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowswindow.c b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowswindow.c
index 82a4282ea..796b2a538 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowswindow.c
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowswindow.c
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ void WIN_GetWindowSizeInPixels(_THIS, SDL_Window *window, int *w, int *h)
     HWND hwnd = data->hwnd;
     RECT rect;
 
-    if (GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect) && !IsRectEmpty(&rect)) {
+    if (GetClientRect(hwnd, &rect) && !WIN_IsRectEmpty(&rect)) {
         *w = rect.right;
         *h = rect.bottom;
     } else {
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ void WIN_UpdateClipCursor(SDL_Window *window)
                     }
                 }
                 if (SDL_memcmp(&rect, &clipped_rect, sizeof(rect)) != 0) {
-                    if (!IsRectEmpty(&rect)) {
+                    if (!WIN_IsRectEmpty(&rect)) {
                         if (ClipCursor(&rect)) {
                             data->cursor_clipped_rect = rect;
                         }