diff --git a/rpcs3_default.props b/rpcs3_default.props
index bf997d627f..3e9cfcac6a 100644
--- a/rpcs3_default.props
+++ b/rpcs3_default.props
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>true</IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries>
     </Lib>
     <ClCompile>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>PUGIXML_HEADER_ONLY;_ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <MultiProcessorCompilation>true</MultiProcessorCompilation>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <SDLCheck>false</SDLCheck>