diff --git a/make.bat b/make.bat
index 8cf2671fc2..e8e2041c18 100644
--- a/make.bat
+++ b/make.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vlang/vc/master/v.c
-gcc -std=gnu11 -w -o v.exe v.c
+gcc -std=gnu11 -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -w -o v.exe v.c
 del v.c