diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7fe4635f6..5af365768 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -280,12 +280,6 @@ else()
     restore_variable(DESTINATION CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY BACKUP CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY_BKP)
 endif()
 
-# Add the NOMINMAX macro for windows to curl to prevent issues with std::min and std::max down the line.
-# Ref: https://github.com/libcpr/cpr/issues/957
-if(WIN32)
-        target_compile_definitions(CURL::libcurl PUBLIC NOMINMAX)
-endif()
-
 # GTest configuration
 if(CPR_BUILD_TESTS)
     if(CPR_USE_SYSTEM_GTEST)
diff --git a/cpr/CMakeLists.txt b/cpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 52787f56a..788ad9535 100644
--- a/cpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ add_library(cpr
 
 add_library(cpr::cpr ALIAS cpr)
 
+# Add the NOMINMAX macro for windows to curl to prevent issues with std::min and std::max down the line.
+# Ref: https://github.com/libcpr/cpr/issues/957
+if(WIN32)
+        target_compile_definitions(cpr PUBLIC NOMINMAX)
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(cpr PUBLIC CURL::libcurl) # todo should be private, but first dependencies in ssl_options need to be removed
 
 # Fix missing OpenSSL includes for Windows since in 'ssl_ctx.cpp' we include OpenSSL directly