diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c07ca8a1d..0f9bbb28c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ if windows_check():
         "-D_UNICODE",
         "/GR",
         "/Zc:wchar_t",
+        "/EHsc",
         ]
 else:
     _extra_compile_args += ["-Wno-missing-braces"]