diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bdfdd67..a5061d4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     endif()
 elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
     add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS=1)
+    add_definitions(-DNOMINMAX)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /EHsc")
     # CMake >= 3.10 should handle the above CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD fine, otherwise use /std:c++XX with MSVC >= 19.10
     if (RAPIDJSON_BUILD_CXX11 AND NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "19.10")