diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index ed52e7ad9e..e83a7f5186 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ git-annex (5.20140718) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     due to the nature of bup.
   * unlock: Better error handling; continue past files that are not available
     or cannot be unlocked due to disk space, and try all specified files.
+  * Windows: Now uses actual inode equivilants in new direct mode
+    repositories, for safer detection of eg, renaming of files with the same
+    size and mtime.
 
  -- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>  Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:41:26 -0400
 
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 5154b27dd8..097fee4cb1 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ Executable git-annex
     GHC-Options: -O2
 
   if (os(windows))
-    Build-Depends: Win32, Win32-extras
+    Build-Depends: Win32, Win32-extras, unix-compat (>= 0.4.1.3)
     C-Sources: Utility/winprocess.c
   else
     Build-Depends: unix