diff --git a/optix/optix_includes.h b/optix/optix_includes.h
index 9750de6..c8589b5 100644
--- a/optix/optix_includes.h
+++ b/optix/optix_includes.h
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define NOMINMAX
+#endif
+
 #include <optix.h>
 #include <optix_stubs.h>
 #include <optix_function_table_definition.h>
@@ -13,4 +17,4 @@ inline void optix_check_return(OptixResult result) {
             ss << ": " << optixGetErrorString(result);
             throw std::runtime_error(ss.str());
         }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2658567..f54c983 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, Extension, find_packages
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
 import re
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 
@@ -49,8 +50,13 @@ def import_module_from_path(path):
     '_OPTIX_VERSION_MICRO': optix_version_micro
 }
 
+libraries=[]
+if os.name == 'nt':
+    # OptiX uses some Windows Registry API(e.g. RegCloseKey)
+    libraries.append('advapi32')
+
 extensions = [Extension("*", ["optix/*.pyx"],
-                        include_dirs=[cuda_include_path, optix_include_path])]
+                        include_dirs=[cuda_include_path, optix_include_path], libraries=libraries)]
 extensions = cythonize(extensions, language_level="3",
                         compile_time_env=cython_compile_env, build_dir="build")