diff --git a/cmake/header_test.in b/cmake/header_test.in
index 6f20d259b..be0f2f4ba 100644
--- a/cmake/header_test.in
+++ b/cmake/header_test.in
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 // projects build with NOMINMAX this doesn't seem to be high priority to fix.
 //#define min(...) THRUST_MACRO_CHECK('min', windows.h)
 //#define max(...) THRUST_MACRO_CHECK('max', windows.h)
+#define small THRUST_MACRO_CHECK('small', windows.h)
 
 #endif // THRUST_IGNORE_MACRO_CHECKS