diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9a7e1031b23..9e65d566b9f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@ if (MSVC)
   # /wd4267  conversion from 'size_t' to 'type2'
   # /wd4800  force value to bool 'true' or 'false' (performance warning)
   add_compile_options(/W3 /wd4005 /wd4068 /wd4244 /wd4267 /wd4800)
-  add_definitions(/DNOMINMAX /DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN=1 /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+  # /D_ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE Introduced in VS 2017 15.8, before the
+  # member type would non-conformingly have an alignment of only alignof(max_align_t).
+  add_definitions(
+    /DNOMINMAX
+    /DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN=1
+    /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+    /D_ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE
+  )
 else()
   set(ABSL_STD_CXX_FLAG "-std=c++11" CACHE STRING "c++ std flag (default: c++11)")
 endif()