diff --git a/include/xlnt/utils/numeric.hpp b/include/xlnt/utils/numeric.hpp
index 1f6c182a..1d401c79 100644
--- a/include/xlnt/utils/numeric.hpp
+++ b/include/xlnt/utils/numeric.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <type_traits>
 
+#undef min
+#undef max
+
 namespace xlnt {
 namespace detail {