diff --git a/compat/atomics/win32/stdatomic.h b/compat/atomics/win32/stdatomic.h
index fa7ef51ea5..092f453978 100644
--- a/compat/atomics/win32/stdatomic.h
+++ b/compat/atomics/win32/stdatomic.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #ifndef COMPAT_ATOMICS_WIN32_STDATOMIC_H
 #define COMPAT_ATOMICS_WIN32_STDATOMIC_H
 
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <windows.h>