diff --git a/libavutil/attributes.h b/libavutil/attributes.h
index ef990a1d4f..c0bac3f309 100644
--- a/libavutil/attributes.h
+++ b/libavutil/attributes.h
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
 #ifndef av_always_inline
 #if AV_GCC_VERSION_AT_LEAST(3,1)
 #    define av_always_inline __attribute__((always_inline)) inline
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#    define av_always_inline __forceinline
 #else
 #    define av_always_inline inline
 #endif