diff --git a/include/stdex/compat.hpp b/include/stdex/compat.hpp
index 03d7d2c5b..27f81a0ef 100644
--- a/include/stdex/compat.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/compat.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
+#include "windows.h"
 #include <sal.h>
 #endif
 #include <type_traits>
diff --git a/include/stdex/math.hpp b/include/stdex/math.hpp
index 4d2e000f2..10279ba08 100644
--- a/include/stdex/math.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/math.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "compat.hpp"
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
+#include "windows.h"
 #include <intrin.h>
 #include <intsafe.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/include/stdex/stream.hpp b/include/stdex/stream.hpp
index 31d0a581b..7ba8b1d04 100644
--- a/include/stdex/stream.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/stream.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#include <windows.h>
+#include "windows.h"
 #include <asptlb.h>
 #include <objidl.h>
 #include <WinSock2.h>
diff --git a/include/stdex/string.hpp b/include/stdex/string.hpp
index 94e7aa0ff..5ae029cc0 100644
--- a/include/stdex/string.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/string.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-#include <windows.h>
+#include "windows.h"
 #include <rpc.h>
 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
 #include <uuid/uuid.h>
diff --git a/include/stdex/system.hpp b/include/stdex/system.hpp
index a06012a36..f1488e6bf 100644
--- a/include/stdex/system.hpp
+++ b/include/stdex/system.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "compat.hpp"
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#include <windows.h>
+#include "windows.h"
 #include <oaidl.h>
 #include <tchar.h>
 #else
diff --git a/include/stdex/windows.h b/include/stdex/windows.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaa2ca343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/stdex/windows.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+	SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+	Copyright © 2023 Amebis
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+// Windows.h #defines min and max, which collides with std::min and std::max.
+// Not only the collision problem, #defining min and max is plain wrong as it
+// causes multiple evaluations of parameter expressions.
+
+#ifndef NOMINMAX
+#define NOMINMAX
+#endif
+
+#include <windows.h>
+
+// In case somebody #included <windows.h> before us without #defining NOMINMAX
+#ifdef min
+#undef min
+#endif
+#ifdef max
+#undef max
+#endif