diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 43434647a..3698f1a44 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ build_options_winexe = {
     'includes': includes,
     'excludes': excludes,
     'compressed': True,
-    'optimize': 2
+    'optimize': 2,
+    'include_msvcr': True,
 }
 
 build_options_winmsi = {