diff --git a/PythonAPI/setup.py b/PythonAPI/setup.py
index eb3d508c..5ef76cd1 100644
--- a/PythonAPI/setup.py
+++ b/PythonAPI/setup.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         'pycocotools._mask',
         sources=['../common/maskApi.c', 'pycocotools/_mask.pyx'],
         include_dirs = [np.get_include(), '../common'],
-        extra_compile_args=['-Wno-cpp', '-Wno-unused-function', '-std=c99'],
+        extra_compile_args={'gcc': ['/Qstd=c99']},
     )
 ]
 
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@
       version='2.0',
       ext_modules=
           cythonize(ext_modules)
-      )
\ No newline at end of file
+      )