diff --git a/bzlib.h b/bzlib.h
index 77e8a02..04d9711 100644
--- a/bzlib.h
+++ b/bzlib.h
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ typedef
       /* windows.h define small to char */
 #      undef small
 #   endif
+#   ifndef WINAPI
+#   define WINAPI
+#   endif
 #   ifdef BZ_EXPORT
 #   define BZ_API(func) WINAPI func
 #   define BZ_EXTERN extern
diff --git a/libbz2.def b/libbz2.def
index 2dc0dd8..80fc2d1 100644
--- a/libbz2.def
+++ b/libbz2.def
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-LIBRARY			LIBBZ2
-DESCRIPTION		"libbzip2: library for data compression"
+LIBRARY			bz2-1
+DESCRIPTION		"bz2: library for data compression"
 EXPORTS
 	BZ2_bzCompressInit
 	BZ2_bzCompress
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e06b169..3ea9e86 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -24,14 +24,27 @@ if cc.has_function_attribute('visibility')
   c_args += '-DBZ_EXTERN=__attribute__((__visibility__("default")))'
 endif
 
-libbzip2 = library(
-  'bzip2',
-  ['blocksort.c', 'huffman.c', 'crctable.c', 'randtable.c', 'compress.c', 'decompress.c', 'bzlib.c'],
-  c_args : c_args,
-  gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
-  version : meson.project_version(),
-  install : true,
-)
+bz_sources = ['blocksort.c', 'huffman.c', 'crctable.c', 'randtable.c', 'compress.c', 'decompress.c', 'bzlib.c']
+
+if ['msvc', 'clang-cl', 'intel-cl'].contains(cc.get_id())
+  libbzip2 = library(
+    'bz2',
+    bz_sources,
+    c_args : c_args,
+    vs_module_defs : 'libbz2.def',
+    version : meson.project_version(),
+    install : true,
+  )
+else
+  libbzip2 = library(
+    'bz2',
+    bz_sources,
+    c_args : c_args,
+    gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
+    version : meson.project_version(),
+    install : true,
+  )
+endif
 
 bzip2 = executable(
   'bzip2',
@@ -66,4 +79,4 @@ install_headers('bzlib.h')
 
 subdir('man')
 subdir('docs')
-subdir('tests')
\ No newline at end of file
+subdir('tests')