diff --git a/python/fasttext_module/fasttext/pybind/fasttext_pybind.cc b/python/fasttext_module/fasttext/pybind/fasttext_pybind.cc
index 4cd1d3728..a7051d375 100644
--- a/python/fasttext_module/fasttext/pybind/fasttext_pybind.cc
+++ b/python/fasttext_module/fasttext/pybind/fasttext_pybind.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#include <BaseTsd.h>
+typedef SSIZE_T ssize_t;
+#endif
+
 using namespace pybind11::literals;
 namespace py = pybind11;