diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c9f7fb..33d06d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26.4 FATAL_ERROR)
 project(
   pynvjitlink
   VERSION ${SKBUILD_PROJECT_VERSION}
-  LANGUAGES CXX CUDA
+  LANGUAGES CXX
 )
 
 find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development REQUIRED)
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ find_package(
   # Require CUDA 12.2 Update 2 to avoid nvjitlink bugs
   CUDAToolkit 12.2.140 REQUIRED
 )
-target_link_libraries(_nvjitlinklib PRIVATE CUDA::nvJitLink_static CUDA::nvptxcompiler_static)
 
-target_compile_options(_nvjitlinklib PRIVATE -Werror -Wall)
+target_link_libraries(_nvjitlinklib PRIVATE CUDA::nvptxcompiler_static)
+if (WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(_nvjitlinklib PRIVATE CUDA::nvJitLink)
+else()
+    target_link_libraries(_nvjitlinklib PRIVATE CUDA::nvJitLink_static)
+    target_compile_options(_nvjitlinklib PRIVATE -Werror -Wall)
+endif()
 
 target_compile_features(_nvjitlinklib PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
 
diff --git a/pynvjitlink/_nvjitlinklib.cpp b/pynvjitlink/_nvjitlinklib.cpp
index 421731d..96295fd 100644
--- a/pynvjitlink/_nvjitlinklib.cpp
+++ b/pynvjitlink/_nvjitlinklib.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,17 @@
 
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
 #include "nvJitLink.h"
+// something funny going on with this macro on Windows...
+// see https://stackoverflow.com/a/62235644/2344149
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+#define __PYNVJIT_DEBUG _DEBUG
+#undef _DEBUG
 #include <Python.h>
+#define _DEBUG __PYNVJIT_DEBUG
+#undef __PYNVJIT_DEBUG
+#else
+#include <Python.h>
+#endif
 #include <new>
 
 static const char *nvJitLinkGetErrorEnum(nvJitLinkResult error) {