diff --git a/build/cmake/DefinePlatformSpecifc.cmake b/build/cmake/DefinePlatformSpecifc.cmake
index 8af4b6c..a809c07 100644
--- a/build/cmake/DefinePlatformSpecifc.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/DefinePlatformSpecifc.cmake
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@
         set(STATIC_POSTFIX "md" CACHE STRING "Set static library postfix" FORCE)
     endif(WITH_MT)
 
-    # Disable Windows.h definition of macros for min and max
-    add_definitions("-DNOMINMAX")
-
     # Disable boost auto linking pragmas - cmake includes the right files
     add_definitions("-DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB")
 
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_go_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_go_generator.cc
index 235a0b7..5ada4fa 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_go_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/thrift/generate/t_go_generator.cc
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@
       if (tstruct->is_union())
         (*m_iter)->set_req(t_field::T_OPTIONAL);
       if (sorted_keys_pos != (*m_iter)->get_key()) {
-        int first_unused = std::max(1, sorted_keys_pos++);
+        int first_unused = (std::max)(1, sorted_keys_pos++);
         while (sorted_keys_pos != (*m_iter)->get_key()) {
           ++sorted_keys_pos;
         }
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/qt/TQIODeviceTransport.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/qt/TQIODeviceTransport.cpp
index cd38b01..0e46f11 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/qt/TQIODeviceTransport.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/qt/TQIODeviceTransport.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
                               "read(): underlying QIODevice is not open");
   }
 
-  actualSize = (uint32_t)std::min((qint64)len, dev_->bytesAvailable());
+  actualSize = (uint32_t)(std::min)((qint64)len, dev_->bytesAvailable());
   readSize = dev_->read(reinterpret_cast<char*>(buf), actualSize);
 
   if (readSize < 0) {
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TBufferTransports.h b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TBufferTransports.h
index 53d895f..79aace6 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TBufferTransports.h
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TBufferTransports.h
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@
   // Common initialization done by all constructors.
   void initCommon(uint8_t* buf, uint32_t size, bool owner, uint32_t wPos) {
 
-    maxBufferSize_ = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max();
+    maxBufferSize_ = (std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)();
 
     if (buf == NULL && size != 0) {
       assert(owner);
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
index 9c408ac..b08a5f1 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 using std::cerr;
 using std::cout;
 using std::endl;
-using std::min;
 using std::string;
 using namespace apache::thrift::protocol;
 using namespace apache::thrift::concurrency;
@@ -705,8 +704,8 @@
           readState_.event_->eventBuffPos_ = 0;
         }
         // take either the entire event or the remaining bytes in the buffer
-        int reclaimBuffer = min((uint32_t)(readState_.bufferLen_ - readState_.bufferPtr_),
-                                readState_.event_->eventSize_ - readState_.event_->eventBuffPos_);
+        int reclaimBuffer = (std::min)((uint32_t)(readState_.bufferLen_ - readState_.bufferPtr_),
+                                       readState_.event_->eventSize_ - readState_.event_->eventBuffPos_);
 
         // copy data from read buffer into event buffer
         memcpy(readState_.event_->eventBuff_ + readState_.event_->eventBuffPos_,
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/THeaderTransport.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/THeaderTransport.cpp
index 1a687da..ea16591 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/THeaderTransport.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/THeaderTransport.cpp
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@
 
     // Pkt size
     ptrdiff_t szHbp = (headerStart - pktStart - 4);
-    if (static_cast<uint64_t>(szHbp) > static_cast<uint64_t>(std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>().max()) - (headerSize + haveBytes)) {
+    if (static_cast<uint64_t>(szHbp) > static_cast<uint64_t>((std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>().max)()) - (headerSize + haveBytes)) {
       throw TTransportException(TTransportException::CORRUPTED_DATA,
                                 "Header section size is unreasonable");
     }
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/TMemoryBufferTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/TMemoryBufferTest.cpp
index 9492f69..d81b1d8 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/TMemoryBufferTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/TMemoryBufferTest.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_default_maximum_buffer_size)
 {
-  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max(), TMemoryBuffer().getMaxBufferSize());
+  BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL((std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max)(), TMemoryBuffer().getMaxBufferSize());
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_default_buffer_size)
diff --git a/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/php_thrift_protocol.cpp b/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/php_thrift_protocol.cpp
index 5ac557f..63c8905 100644
--- a/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/php_thrift_protocol.cpp
+++ b/lib/php/src/ext/thrift_protocol/php_thrift_protocol.cpp
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@
 
   void skip(size_t len) {
     while (len) {
-      size_t chunk_size = std::min(len, buffer_used);
+      size_t chunk_size = (std::min)(len, buffer_used);
       if (chunk_size) {
         buffer_ptr = reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer_ptr) + chunk_size;
         buffer_used -= chunk_size;
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
 
   void readBytes(void* buf, size_t len) {
     while (len) {
-      size_t chunk_size = std::min(len, buffer_used);
+      size_t chunk_size = (std::min)(len, buffer_used);
       if (chunk_size) {
         memcpy(buf, buffer_ptr, chunk_size);
         buffer_ptr = reinterpret_cast<char*>(buffer_ptr) + chunk_size;
diff --git a/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.h b/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.h
index 126dbc3..521b7ee 100644
--- a/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.h
+++ b/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.h
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 
 public:
   ProtocolBase()
-    : stringLimit_(std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()),
-      containerLimit_(std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max()),
+    : stringLimit_((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)()),
+      containerLimit_((std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)()),
       output_(NULL) {}
   inline virtual ~ProtocolBase();
 
diff --git a/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.tcc b/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.tcc
index c025d0c..e15df7e 100644
--- a/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.tcc
+++ b/lib/py/src/ext/protocol.tcc
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
   *output = PyBytes_AS_STRING(buf2->buf) + buf2->pos;
 #endif
   Py_ssize_t pos0 = buf2->pos;
-  buf2->pos = std::min(buf2->pos + static_cast<Py_ssize_t>(len), buf2->string_size);
+  buf2->pos = (std::min)(buf2->pos + static_cast<Py_ssize_t>(len), buf2->string_size);
   return static_cast<int>(buf2->pos - pos0);
 }
 }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
   if (INT_CONV_ERROR_OCCURRED(len)) {
     return false;
   }
-  if (!CHECK_RANGE(len, 0, std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max())) {
+  if (!CHECK_RANGE(len, 0, (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())) {
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "size out of range: exceeded INT32_MAX");
     return false;
   }
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@
   case T_I08: {
     int8_t val;
 
-    if (!parse_pyint(value, &val, std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min(),
-                     std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max())) {
+    if (!parse_pyint(value, &val, (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::min)(),
+                     (std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max)())) {
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -371,8 +371,8 @@
   case T_I16: {
     int16_t val;
 
-    if (!parse_pyint(value, &val, std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min(),
-                     std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max())) {
+    if (!parse_pyint(value, &val, (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::min)(),
+                     (std::numeric_limits<int16_t>::max)())) {
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -382,8 +382,8 @@
   case T_I32: {
     int32_t val;
 
-    if (!parse_pyint(value, &val, std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min(),
-                     std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max())) {
+    if (!parse_pyint(value, &val, (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)(),
+                     (std::numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)())) {
       return false;
     }
 
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@
       return false;
     }
 
-    if (!CHECK_RANGE(nval, std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min(),
-                     std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max())) {
+    if (!CHECK_RANGE(nval, (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)(),
+                     (std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)())) {
       PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "int out of range");
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/test/cpp/src/TestClient.cpp b/test/cpp/src/TestClient.cpp
index 54b43db..ca21326 100644
--- a/test/cpp/src/TestClient.cpp
+++ b/test/cpp/src/TestClient.cpp
@@ -516,8 +516,8 @@
     BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI32, -1);
     BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI32, 190000013);
     BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI32, -190000013);
-    BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI32, numeric_limits<int32_t>::max());
-    BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI32, numeric_limits<int32_t>::min());
+    BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI32, (numeric_limits<int32_t>::max)());
+    BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI32, (numeric_limits<int32_t>::min)());
 
     /**
      * I64 TEST
@@ -530,8 +530,8 @@
     BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI64, (int64_t)-pow(static_cast<double>(2LL), 32));
     BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI64, (int64_t)pow(static_cast<double>(2LL), 32) + 1);
     BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI64, (int64_t)-pow(static_cast<double>(2LL), 32) - 1);
-    BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI64, numeric_limits<int64_t>::max());
-    BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI64, numeric_limits<int64_t>::min());
+    BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI64, (numeric_limits<int64_t>::max)());
+    BASETYPE_IDENTITY_TEST(testI64, (numeric_limits<int64_t>::min)());
 
     /**
      * DOUBLE TEST