diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f7a0f2e..47b8f151 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ When running in a docker container without nvidia driver, PyTorch needs to evalu
 export TORCH_CUDA_ARCH_LIST = "6.0 6.1 7.2+PTX 7.5+PTX"
 ```
 
+### Windows
+
+If you are installing this on Windows specifically, **you will need to point the setup to your Visual Studio installation** for some neccessary libraries and header files.
+To do this, add the include and library paths of your installation to the path lists in setup.py as described in the respective comments in the code.
+
 If you are running into any installation problems, please create an [issue](https://github.com/rusty1s/pytorch_scatter/issues).
 Be sure to import `torch` first before using this package to resolve symbols the dynamic linker must see.
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ac4c4300..378993c9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,8 +7,19 @@
 import torch
 from torch.utils.cpp_extension import CppExtension, CUDAExtension, CUDA_HOME
 
+
+# Windows users: Edit both of these to contain your VS include path, i.e.
+# cxx_extra_compile_args = ['-I{VISUAL_STUDIO_DIR}\\include']
+# nvcc_extra_compile_args = [..., '-I{VISUAL_STUDIO_DIR}\\include']
 cxx_extra_compile_args = []
 nvcc_extra_compile_args = ['-arch=sm_35', '--expt-relaxed-constexpr']
+
+# Windows users: Edit both of these to contain your VS library path, i.e.
+# cxx_extra_link_args = ['/LIBPATH:{VISUAL_STUDIO_DIR}\\lib\\{x86|x64}']
+# nvcc_extra_link_args = ['/LIBPATH:{VISUAL_STUDIO_DIR}\\lib\\{x86|x64}']
+cxx_extra_link_args = []
+nvcc_extra_link_args = []
+
 if platform.system() != 'Windows':
     cxx_extra_compile_args += ['-Wno-unused-variable']
 TORCH_MAJOR = int(torch.__version__.split('.')[0])
@@ -23,7 +34,8 @@
 ext_modules += [
     CppExtension(
         f'torch_scatter.{ext}_cpu', [f'cpu/{ext}.cpp'],
-        extra_compile_args=cxx_extra_compile_args) for ext in exts
+        extra_compile_args=cxx_extra_compile_args,
+        extra_link_args=cxx_extra_link_args) for ext in exts
 ]
 
 if CUDA_HOME is not None and '--cpu' not in argv:
@@ -35,7 +47,8 @@
             extra_compile_args={
                 'cxx': cxx_extra_compile_args,
                 'nvcc': nvcc_extra_compile_args,
-            }) for ext in exts
+            },
+            extra_link_args=nvcc_extra_link_args) for ext in exts
     ]
 
 __version__ = '1.5.0'