diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index e247a2eb4..78263da85 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <io.h>
 #else
+#include <dirent.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -777,6 +778,43 @@ bool fs_create_directory_with_parents(const std::string & path) {
 #endif // _WIN32
 }
 
+
+std::vector<std::string> fs_list_files(const std::string & folder, const std::string & ext) {
+    std::vector<std::string> files;
+    // Note: once we can use C++17 this becomes:
+    //   for (const auto & entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(folder))
+    //     if (entry.path().extension() == ext) files.push_back(entry.path().string());
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    std::string search_path = folder + "\\*" + ext;
+    WIN32_FIND_DATA fd;
+    HANDLE hFind = ::FindFirstFile(search_path.c_str(), &fd);
+    if (hFind != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
+        do {
+            if (!(fd.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY)) {
+                files.push_back(folder + "\\" + fd.cFileName);
+            }
+        } while (::FindNextFile(hFind, &fd));
+        ::FindClose(hFind);
+    }
+#else
+    DIR* dir = opendir(folder.c_str());
+    if (dir != nullptr) {
+        struct dirent* entry;
+        while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != nullptr) {
+            if (entry->d_type == DT_REG) {  // If it's a regular file
+                std::string filename = entry->d_name;
+                if (filename.length() >= ext.length() &&
+                    filename.compare(filename.length() - ext.length(), ext.length(), ext) == 0) {
+                    files.push_back(folder + "/" + filename);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        closedir(dir);
+    }
+#endif
+    return files;
+}
+
 std::string fs_get_cache_directory() {
     std::string cache_directory = "";
     auto ensure_trailing_slash = [](std::string p) {
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index 64192a9eb..8681899ce 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ std::string string_from(const struct llama_context * ctx, const struct llama_bat
 
 bool fs_validate_filename(const std::string & filename);
 bool fs_create_directory_with_parents(const std::string & path);
+std::vector<std::string> fs_list_files(const std::string & path, const std::string & ext);
 
 std::string fs_get_cache_directory();
 std::string fs_get_cache_file(const std::string & filename);
diff --git a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
index 5781ecb71..64fb5b3c4 100644
--- a/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-chat-template.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <string>
 #include <json.hpp>
-#include <dirent.h>
 
 using json = nlohmann::ordered_json;
 
@@ -39,30 +38,9 @@ static void assert_equals(const T & expected, const T & actual) {
 }
 
 static std::vector<std::string> find_files(const std::string & folder, const std::string & ext) {
-    auto do_find = [&](const std::string & folder) {
-        std::vector<std::string> files;
-        // Note: once we can use C++17 this becomes:
-        //   for (const auto & entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(folder))
-        //     if (entry.path().extension() == ext) files.push_back(entry.path().string());
-        DIR* dir = opendir(folder.c_str());
-        if (dir != nullptr) {
-            struct dirent* entry;
-            while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != nullptr) {
-                if (entry->d_type == DT_REG) {  // If it's a regular file
-                    std::string filename = entry->d_name;
-                    if (filename.length() >= ext.length() &&
-                        filename.compare(filename.length() - ext.length(), ext.length(), ext) == 0) {
-                        files.push_back(folder + "/" + filename);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            closedir(dir);
-        }
-        return files;
-    };
-    auto files = do_find(folder);
+    auto files = fs_list_files(folder, ext);
     if (files.empty()) {
-        files = do_find("../" + folder);
+        files = fs_list_files("../" + folder, ext);
     }
     return files;
 }