diff --git a/python/fasttext_module/fasttext/pybind/fasttext_pybind.cc b/python/fasttext_module/fasttext/pybind/fasttext_pybind.cc
index 97909059b..38c2d6a57 100644
--- a/python/fasttext_module/fasttext/pybind/fasttext_pybind.cc
+++ b/python/fasttext_module/fasttext/pybind/fasttext_pybind.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#include <BaseTsd.h>
+typedef SSIZE_T ssize_t;
+#endif
 
 #include <args.h>
 #include <autotune.h>