diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index acb96735ac9..e728d3cb5de 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+	* fix part files being marked as hidden on windows
 
 * 2.0.5 released
 
diff --git a/src/file.cpp b/src/file.cpp
index 7cb5501728a..105c0fd7704 100644
--- a/src/file.cpp
+++ b/src/file.cpp
@@ -218,7 +218,8 @@ namespace {
 			, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE
 			, nullptr
 			, (mode & aux::open_mode::write) ? OPEN_ALWAYS : OPEN_EXISTING
-			, 0, nullptr);
+			, (mode & aux::open_mode::hidden) ? FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN : 0
+			, nullptr);
 
 #endif