diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 925ce5f4c4c7b5cf519b251fb0ca7f329b7c17f6..75ecf4944f39ed8e33312ff9134a6409a69ac042 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
 endif()
 
 if (WIN32)
+	include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/protobuf/libprotobuf")
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
 else (WIN32)
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(transport transport-plugin ${PQXX_LIBRARY} ${PQ_LIBRARY} ${SQLITE3_LIBRARIES} ${MYSQL_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES} ${POPT_LIBRARY})