diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 16d1336..1c0dd85 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -205,7 +205,12 @@ check_type_size(int64_t             SIZEOF_INT64_T)
 check_type_size(long                SIZEOF_LONG)
 check_type_size("long long"         SIZEOF_LONG_LONG)
 check_type_size("size_t"            SIZEOF_SIZE_T)
+if ("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
+list(APPEND CMAKE_EXTRA_INCLUDE_FILES BaseTsd.h)
+check_type_size("SSIZE_T"           SIZEOF_SIZE_T)
+else()
 check_type_size("ssize_t"           SIZEOF_SSIZE_T)
+endif()
 
 check_c_source_compiles(
 [=[