diff --git a/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj.in b/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj.in
index 24d5922182..9cce546268 100644
--- a/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj.in
+++ b/build_msvc/common.init.vcxproj.in
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
       <AdditionalOptions>/utf-8 /Zc:__cplusplus /std:c++20 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4018;4244;4267;4715;4805</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING;ZMQ_STATIC;NOMINMAX;WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601;_WIN32_IE=0x0501;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_SILENCE_CXX17_CODECVT_HEADER_DEPRECATION_WARNING;SECP256K1_STATIC;ZMQ_STATIC;NOMINMAX;WIN32;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CONSOLE;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601;_WIN32_IE=0x0501;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\src;..\..\src\minisketch\include;..\..\src\univalue\include;..\..\src\secp256k1\include;..\..\src\leveldb\include;..\..\src\leveldb\helpers\memenv;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9e3a7cca8a..a2faa23e2d 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -714,6 +714,8 @@ case $host in
        AC_MSG_ERROR([windres not found])
      fi
 
+     CORE_CPPFLAGS="$CORE_CPPFLAGS -DSECP256K1_STATIC"
+
      CORE_CPPFLAGS="$CORE_CPPFLAGS -D_MT -DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601 -D_WIN32_IE=0x0501 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN"
      dnl Prevent the definition of min/max macros.
      dnl We always want to use the standard library.