diff --git a/src/hotspot/os/windows/include/jvm_md.h b/src/hotspot/os/windows/include/jvm_md.h
index e047137c78..7222dc4336 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os/windows/include/jvm_md.h
+++ b/src/hotspot/os/windows/include/jvm_md.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
  * JNI conversion, which should be sorted out later.
  */
 
+#ifndef WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#endif
+
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <windef.h>
 #include <winbase.h>