diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_windows.go b/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
index d1973809..f099a6fc 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_windows.go
@@ -316,9 +316,10 @@ func StartProcess(argv0 string, argv []string, attr *ProcAttr) (pid int, handle
 		}
 	}
 
-	var maj, min, build uint32
-	rtlGetNtVersionNumbers(&maj, &min, &build)
-	isWin7 := maj < 6 || (maj == 6 && min <= 1)
+	info := _OSVERSIONINFOW{}
+	info.osVersionInfoSize = uint32(unsafe.Sizeof(info))
+	rtlGetVersion(&info)
+	isWin7 := info.majorVersion < 6 || (info.majorVersion == 6 && info.minorVersion <= 1)
 	// NT kernel handles are divisible by 4, with the bottom 3 bits left as
 	// a tag. The fully set tag correlates with the types of handles we're
 	// concerned about here.  Except, the kernel will interpret some
diff --git a/src/syscall/types_windows.go b/src/syscall/types_windows.go
index 6743675b..37d0eff0 100644
--- a/src/syscall/types_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/types_windows.go
@@ -1169,3 +1169,13 @@ const (
 )
 
 const UNIX_PATH_MAX = 108 // defined in afunix.h
+
+// https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/ddi/wdm/ns-wdm-_osversioninfow
+type _OSVERSIONINFOW struct {
+	osVersionInfoSize uint32
+	majorVersion      uint32
+	minorVersion      uint32
+	buildNumber       uint32
+	platformId        uint32
+	csdVersion        [128]uint16
+}
diff --git a/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go b/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
index 28369e3b..a47b0900 100644
--- a/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
+++ b/src/syscall/zsyscall_windows.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var (
 	modkernel32 = NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("kernel32.dll"))
 	modmswsock  = NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("mswsock.dll"))
 	modnetapi32 = NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("netapi32.dll"))
+	modntdll    = NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("ntdll.dll"))
 	modsecur32  = NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("secur32.dll"))
 	modshell32  = NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("shell32.dll"))
 	moduserenv  = NewLazyDLL(sysdll.Add("userenv.dll"))
@@ -169,6 +170,7 @@ var (
 	procNetGetJoinInformation              = modnetapi32.NewProc("NetGetJoinInformation")
 	procNetUserGetInfo                     = modnetapi32.NewProc("NetUserGetInfo")
 	procGetUserNameExW                     = modsecur32.NewProc("GetUserNameExW")
+	procRtlGetVersion                      = modntdll.NewProc("RtlGetVersion")
 	procTranslateNameW                     = modsecur32.NewProc("TranslateNameW")
 	procCommandLineToArgvW                 = modshell32.NewProc("CommandLineToArgvW")
 	procGetUserProfileDirectoryW           = moduserenv.NewProc("GetUserProfileDirectoryW")
@@ -1228,6 +1230,11 @@ func GetUserNameEx(nameFormat uint32, nameBuffre *uint16, nSize *uint32) (err er
 	return
 }
 
+func rtlGetVersion(info *_OSVERSIONINFOW) {
+	Syscall(procRtlGetVersion.Addr(), 1, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(info)), 0, 0)
+	return
+}
+
 func TranslateName(accName *uint16, accNameFormat uint32, desiredNameFormat uint32, translatedName *uint16, nSize *uint32) (err error) {
 	r1, _, e1 := Syscall6(procTranslateNameW.Addr(), 5, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(accName)), uintptr(accNameFormat), uintptr(desiredNameFormat), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(translatedName)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(nSize)), 0)
 	if r1&0xff == 0 {