diff --git a/src/nvim/search.c b/src/nvim/search.c
index f503994e73..ff5c5f834f 100644
--- a/src/nvim/search.c
+++ b/src/nvim/search.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <limits.h>             /* for INT_MAX on MSVC */
 
 #include "nvim/ascii.h"
 #include "nvim/vim.h"