diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index eece6790eedd12506da4f65f84bbe7a991cb3717..9b3e55e7acf38d9b29833f156bd5ad166676a27b 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 
 #include "transport/config.h"
 #include <fstream>
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#include <direct.h>
+#define getcwd _getcwd
+#include <windows.h>
+#define PATH_MAX MAX_PATH
+#endif
 
 using namespace boost::program_options;