diff --git a/include/rapidjson/document.h b/include/rapidjson/document.h
index 54e2936..057b37a 100644
--- a/include/rapidjson/document.h
+++ b/include/rapidjson/document.h
@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ RAPIDJSON_DIAG_OFF(4244) // conversion from kXxxFlags to 'uint16_t', possible lo
 RAPIDJSON_DIAG_OFF(effc++)
 #endif // __GNUC__
 
+#ifdef GetObject
+// see https://github.com/Tencent/rapidjson/issues/1448
+// a former included windows.h might have defined a macro called GetObject, which affects
+// GetObject defined here. This ensures the macro does not get applied
+#pragma push_macro("GetObject")
+#define RAPIDJSON_WINDOWS_GETOBJECT_WORKAROUND_APPLIED
+#undef GetObject
+#endif
+
 #ifndef RAPIDJSON_NOMEMBERITERATORCLASS
 #include <iterator> // std::random_access_iterator_tag
 #endif
@@ -1602,7 +1611,9 @@ public:
     }
 
     Object GetObject() { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(IsObject()); return Object(*this); }
+    Object GetObj() { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(IsObject()); return Object(*this); }
     ConstObject GetObject() const { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(IsObject()); return ConstObject(*this); }
+    ConstObject GetObj() const { RAPIDJSON_ASSERT(IsObject()); return ConstObject(*this); }
 
     //@}
 
@@ -3008,4 +3019,9 @@ private:
 RAPIDJSON_NAMESPACE_END
 RAPIDJSON_DIAG_POP
 
+#ifdef RAPIDJSON_WINDOWS_GETOBJECT_WORKAROUND_APPLIED
+#pragma pop_macro("GetObject")
+#undef RAPIDJSON_WINDOWS_GETOBJECT_WORKAROUND_APPLIED
+#endif
+
 #endif // RAPIDJSON_DOCUMENT_H_
diff --git a/test/unittest/platformtest.cpp b/test/unittest/platformtest.cpp
index 5f9f539..ec7abc3 100644
--- a/test/unittest/platformtest.cpp
+++ b/test/unittest/platformtest.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "rapidjson/document.h"
+#undef GetObject
 
 using namespace rapidjson;
 
@@ -34,4 +35,6 @@ TEST(Platform, GetObject) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(o.IsObject());
     auto sub = o.GetObject();
     EXPECT_TRUE(sub.HasMember("pi"));
+    auto sub2 = o.GetObj();
+    EXPECT_TRUE(sub2.HasMember("pi"));
 }