diff --git a/common/quakefs.c b/common/quakefs.c
index 7060fd6..da660d2 100644
--- a/common/quakefs.c
+++ b/common/quakefs.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 
 #include <config.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
-#include <limits.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -58,6 +57,12 @@
 #include <io.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define _POSIX_
+#endif
+#include <limits.h>
+
+
 /*
 All of Quake's data access is through a hierchal file system, but the contents of the file system can be transparently merged from several sources.
 
diff --git a/common/quakeio.c b/common/quakeio.c
index f5117c0..5e178d7 100644
--- a/common/quakeio.c
+++ b/common/quakeio.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_MALLOC_H
 #include <malloc.h>
 #endif
-#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <quakeio.h>
@@ -47,6 +46,11 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define _POSIX_
+#endif
+#include <limits.h>
+
 void
 Qexpand_squiggle(const char *path, char *dest)
 {
diff --git a/win32/config.h b/win32/config.h
index a2b41c8..0ad955f 100644
--- a/win32/config.h
+++ b/win32/config.h
@@ -215,4 +215,3 @@
 
 /* Define the name of the global config file */
 #define GLOBAL_CFG_FILE ".\\qforge.cfg"
-