diff --git a/src/config-win32.h b/src/config-win32.h
index 562b60590b34cb6924286d4029fb6c3d68c923f1..f357dfb6a9911f0187554def1680daa764f02116 100644
--- a/src/config-win32.h
+++ b/src/config-win32.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 /* Define if you have the <io.h> header file.  */
 #define HAVE_IO_H 1
  
+/* Define if you have the <limits.h> header file */
+#define HAVE_LIMITS_H 1
+
 /* Define if you have the strdup function.  */
 #define HAVE_STRDUP 1
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index aac07bef2c0dc204a1d8523f43e6dfd0729e5cc4..bd757a554d637cf630673f45d9d86bb519c29056 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIMITS_H
+#include <limits.h>
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_POLL_H
 #include <sys/poll.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/src/setup.h b/src/setup.h
index 4dfb1046661a5a447dbab389679e28f1e82fd925..7e8428d70fe2e15f1061e70f02ca2354c2453aca 100644
--- a/src/setup.h
+++ b/src/setup.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ int fileno( FILE *stream);
 #ifdef word
 #undef word
 #endif
+#define HAVE_LIMITS_H /* we have limits.h */
 #define DIR_CHAR      "/"
 #define DOT_CHAR      "_"
 #else