diff --git a/libavutil/attributes.h b/libavutil/attributes.h
index 850a73ff7a..9f476c9ae3 100644
--- a/libavutil/attributes.h
+++ b/libavutil/attributes.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 
 #if AV_GCC_VERSION_AT_LEAST(3,1)
 #    define av_noinline __attribute__((noinline))
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#    define av_noinline __declspec(noinline)
 #else
 #    define av_noinline
 #endif