diff --git a/include/boost/config/platform/win32.hpp b/include/boost/config/platform/win32.hpp
index 6ebad896..4468e3b6 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/platform/win32.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/platform/win32.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef BOOST_MSVC
+#include <algorithm> // for existing std::min and std::max
 namespace std{
   // Apparently, something in the Microsoft libraries requires the "long"
   // overload, because it calls the min/max functions with arguments of