diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ef24cb7..87f5e6eb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ if(WIN32)
       add_definitions(-D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNING)
       add_definitions(-D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
       add_definitions(-DSPATIALINDEX_CREATE_DLL=1)
+      add_definitions(-DNOMINMAX)
 
       set(SIDX_COMPILER_MSVC 1)
       if (MSVC11)