diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
index 16047258..0dcc3a31 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <float.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <limits>
@@ -294,6 +295,9 @@ class FloatingPoint {
     return ReinterpretBits(kExponentBitMask);
   }
 
+  // Returns the maximum representable finite floating-point number.
+  static RawType Max();
+
   // Non-static methods
 
   // Returns the bits that represents this number.
@@ -374,6 +378,13 @@ class FloatingPoint {
   FloatingPointUnion u_;
 };
 
+// We cannot use std::numeric_limits<T>::max() as it clashes with the max()
+// macro defined by <windows.h>.
+template <>
+inline float FloatingPoint<float>::Max() { return FLT_MAX; }
+template <>
+inline double FloatingPoint<double>::Max() { return DBL_MAX; }
+
 // Typedefs the instances of the FloatingPoint template class that we
 // care to use.
 typedef FloatingPoint<float> Float;
diff --git a/test/gtest-death-test_test.cc b/test/gtest-death-test_test.cc
index 4f379963..c2d26df9 100644
--- a/test/gtest-death-test_test.cc
+++ b/test/gtest-death-test_test.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ using testing::internal::AlwaysTrue;
 # else
 #  include <unistd.h>
 #  include <sys/wait.h>        // For waitpid.
-#  include <limits>            // For std::numeric_limits.
 # endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
 
 # include <limits.h>
@@ -1123,17 +1122,16 @@ TEST(AutoHandleTest, AutoHandleWorks) {
 # if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
 typedef unsigned __int64 BiggestParsable;
 typedef signed __int64 BiggestSignedParsable;
-const BiggestParsable kBiggestParsableMax = ULLONG_MAX;
-const BiggestSignedParsable kBiggestSignedParsableMax = LLONG_MAX;
 # else
 typedef unsigned long long BiggestParsable;
 typedef signed long long BiggestSignedParsable;
-const BiggestParsable kBiggestParsableMax =
-    ::std::numeric_limits<BiggestParsable>::max();
-const BiggestSignedParsable kBiggestSignedParsableMax =
-    ::std::numeric_limits<BiggestSignedParsable>::max();
 # endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS
 
+// We cannot use std::numeric_limits<T>::max() as it clashes with the
+// max() macro defined by <windows.h>.
+const BiggestParsable kBiggestParsableMax = ULLONG_MAX;
+const BiggestSignedParsable kBiggestSignedParsableMax = LLONG_MAX;
+
 TEST(ParseNaturalNumberTest, RejectsInvalidFormat) {
   BiggestParsable result = 0;