diff --git a/make_helpers/windows.mk b/make_helpers/windows.mk
index 5ab8bdc..26ea88e 100644
--- a/make_helpers/windows.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/windows.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2016-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2016-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
 #
@@ -86,3 +86,5 @@
 		$$(CC) $$(TF_CFLAGS) $$(CFLAGS) -x c -c - -o $1
 endef
 
+MSVC_NMAKE := nmake.exe
+