diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fd463c5..a59abcd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -219,6 +219,10 @@ if (MAGMA_ENABLE_CUDA)
             )
         endif()
 
+        if(MSVC)
+            target_compile_options(magma_nvcc_flags INTERFACE -Zc:preprocessor)
+        endif()
+
         set( MAGMA_HAVE_CUDA "1" )
 
         message( STATUS "Define -DMAGMA_HAVE_CUDA -DMAGMA_CUDA_ARCH_MIN=${MAGMA_CUDA_ARCH_MIN}" )