diff --git a/win32/hexchat.props b/win32/hexchat.props
index e35378cb..8469142c 100644
--- a/win32/hexchat.props
+++ b/win32/hexchat.props
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 			<FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
 			<IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
 			<MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
+			<PreProcessorDefinitions>NTDDI_VERSION=NTDDI_WIN8;_WIN32_WINNT=_WIN32_WINNT_WIN8;%(PreProcessorDefinitions)</PreProcessorDefinitions>
 		</ClCompile>
 		<Lib>
 			<LinkTimeCodeGeneration>true</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>