diff --git a/common/arg.cpp b/common/arg.cpp
index 56d46ea2c..d8075171b 100644
--- a/common/arg.cpp
+++ b/common/arg.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 #include "log.h"
 #include "sampling.h"
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define NOMINMAX
+#endif
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <climits>
 #include <cstdarg>