diff --git a/src/futils.cpp b/src/futils.cpp
index 5da1a0b1..67c910ac 100644
--- a/src/futils.cpp
+++ b/src/futils.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@
 #include <libprocstat.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifndef _MAX_PATH
+#define _MAX_PATH 1024
+#endif
 
 namespace Exiv2 {
     const char* ENVARDEF[] = {"/exiv2.php", "40"}; //!< @brief default URL for http exiv2 handler and time-out