diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e33993b4..3a7bb419 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "winit"
-version = "0.7.3"
+version = "0.7.4"
 authors = ["The winit contributors, Pierre Krieger <pierre.krieger1708@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Cross-platform window creation library."
 keywords = ["windowing"]
diff --git a/src/platform/windows/window.rs b/src/platform/windows/window.rs
index 250b773c..d0f1189b 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform/windows/window.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl Window {
     }
     // TODO: remove
     pub fn platform_window(&self) -> *mut ::libc::c_void {
-        panic!()        // Deprecated function ; we don't care anymore
+        self.window.0 as *mut ::libc::c_void
     }
 
     /// Returns the `hwnd` of this window.