diff --git a/zzip/CMakeLists.txt b/zzip/CMakeLists.txt
index 53d33d1..3daf09c 100644
--- a/zzip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zzip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ set(libzzip_HDRS
     zzip.h
     format.h
     types.h
-    conf.h 
+    conf.h
+    cstdint.h
     _msvc.h 
     file.h
     info.h
diff --git a/zzip/cstdint.h b/zzip/cstdint.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c7d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zzip/cstdint.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#ifndef _ZZIP_CSTDINT_H
+#define _ZZIP_CSTDINT_H 1
+/* this file ensures that we have some kind of typedef declarations for
+   unsigned C9X typedefs. The ISO C 9X: 7.18 Integer types file is stdint.h
+ */
+
+#include <zzip/conf.h>
+
+/* enforce use of ifdef'd C9X entries in system headers */
+#define __USE_ANSI   1
+#define __USE_ISOC9X 1
+
+#ifdef ZZIP_HAVE_STDINT_H
+/* ISO C 9X: 7.18 Integer types <stdint.h> */
+#include <stdint.h>
+#elif defined ZZIP_HAVE_SYS_INT_TYPES_H /*solaris*/
+#include <sys/int_types.h>
+#elif defined ZZIP_HAVE_INTTYPES_H /*freebsd*/
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#else
+typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
+typedef signed char   int8_t;
+
+#if ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT && ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT == 2
+typedef unsigned int  uint16_t;
+typedef signed int    int16_t;
+#elif ZZIP_SIZEOF_SHORT && ZZIP_SIZEOF_SHORT == 2
+typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
+typedef signed short   int16_t;
+#else
+#error unable to typedef int16_t from either int or short
+typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
+typedef signed short   int16_t;
+#endif
+
+#if defined   ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT && ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT == 4
+typedef unsigned int  uint32_t;
+typedef signed int    int32_t;
+#elif defined ZZIP_SIZEOF_LONG && ZZIP_SIZEOF_LONG == 4
+typedef unsigned long  uint32_t;
+typedef signed long    int32_t;
+#else
+#error unable to typedef int32_t from either int or long
+typedef unsigned long  uint32_t;
+typedef signed long    int32_t;
+#endif
+
+/* either (long long) on Unix or (__int64) on Windows */
+typedef unsigned _zzip___int64 uint64_t;
+typedef _zzip___int64          int64_t;
+
+#if defined ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT_P
+#if ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT_P == ZZIP_SIZEOF_LONG + 0
+typedef long                   intptr_t;
+#elif ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT_P == ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT + 0
+typedef int intptr_t;
+#else
+typedef int64_t intptr_t;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#endif /* ZZIP_HAVE_... */
+#endif /*_ZZIP_STDINT_H*/
diff --git a/zzip/fetch.h b/zzip/fetch.h
index 1e1b03f..8ab5a2e 100644
--- a/zzip/fetch.h
+++ b/zzip/fetch.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <zzip/types.h>
 #include <zzip/format.h>
-#include <zzip/stdint.h>
+#include <zzip/cstdint.h>
 #include <zzip/__hints.h>
 
 /* linux knows "byteswap.h" giving us an optimized variant */
diff --git a/zzip/lib.h b/zzip/lib.h
index a82fbd6..3cf4fdc 100644
--- a/zzip/lib.h
+++ b/zzip/lib.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <zzip/zzip.h>
 #include <zzip/plugin.h>
-#include <zzip/stdint.h>
+#include <zzip/cstdint.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/zzip/stdint.h b/zzip/stdint.h
index 0ebac61..88e0346 100644
--- a/zzip/stdint.h
+++ b/zzip/stdint.h
@@ -1,63 +1,8 @@
-#ifndef _ZZIP__STDINT_H /* zzip-stdint.h */
+#ifndef _ZZIP__STDINT_H
 #define _ZZIP__STDINT_H 1
-/* this file ensures that we have some kind of typedef declarations for
-   unsigned C9X typedefs. The ISO C 9X: 7.18 Integer types file is stdint.h
- */
 
-#include <zzip/conf.h>
+/* obsolete header - use zzip/cstdint.h instead */
 
-/* enforce use of ifdef'd C9X entries in system headers */
-#define __USE_ANSI   1
-#define __USE_ISOC9X 1
+#include <zzip/cstdint.h>
 
-#ifdef ZZIP_HAVE_STDINT_H
-/* ISO C 9X: 7.18 Integer types <stdint.h> */
-#include <stdint.h>
-#elif defined ZZIP_HAVE_SYS_INT_TYPES_H /*solaris*/
-#include <sys/int_types.h>
-#elif defined ZZIP_HAVE_INTTYPES_H /*freebsd*/
-#include <inttypes.h>
-#else
-typedef unsigned char uint8_t;
-typedef signed char   int8_t;
-
-#if ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT && ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT == 2
-typedef unsigned int  uint16_t;
-typedef signed int    int16_t;
-#elif ZZIP_SIZEOF_SHORT && ZZIP_SIZEOF_SHORT == 2
-typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
-typedef signed short   int16_t;
-#else
-#error unable to typedef int16_t from either int or short
-typedef unsigned short uint16_t;
-typedef signed short   int16_t;
-#endif
-
-#if defined   ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT && ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT == 4
-typedef unsigned int  uint32_t;
-typedef signed int    int32_t;
-#elif defined ZZIP_SIZEOF_LONG && ZZIP_SIZEOF_LONG == 4
-typedef unsigned long  uint32_t;
-typedef signed long    int32_t;
-#else
-#error unable to typedef int32_t from either int or long
-typedef unsigned long  uint32_t;
-typedef signed long    int32_t;
-#endif
-
-/* either (long long) on Unix or (__int64) on Windows */
-typedef unsigned _zzip___int64 uint64_t;
-typedef _zzip___int64          int64_t;
-
-#if defined ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT_P
-#if ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT_P == ZZIP_SIZEOF_LONG + 0
-typedef long                   intptr_t;
-#elif ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT_P == ZZIP_SIZEOF_INT + 0
-typedef int intptr_t;
-#else
-typedef int64_t intptr_t;
-#endif
-#endif
-
-#endif /* ZZIP_HAVE_... */
 #endif /*_ZZIP_STDINT_H*/