diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt.in b/CMakeLists.txt.in
index f98fd5102..facd8d3fc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #   recommended.
 #
 # - Windows requirements:
-#   Visual Studio 2019 or newer building on Windows 7 or newer. Windows 10
+#   Visual Studio 2019 or newer building on Windows 10 or newer. Windows 10
 #   64-bit is recommended. Newer versions will likely also work but may not have
 #   been tested.
 #
diff --git a/cmake/cef_variables.cmake.in b/cmake/cef_variables.cmake.in
index 00abdd9bd..b06ea6bc9 100644
--- a/cmake/cef_variables.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/cef_variables.cmake.in
@@ -443,7 +443,12 @@ if(OS_WINDOWS)
   list(APPEND CEF_COMPILER_DEFINES
     WIN32 _WIN32 _WINDOWS             # Windows platform
     UNICODE _UNICODE                  # Unicode build
-    WINVER=0x0601 _WIN32_WINNT=0x601  # Targeting Windows 7
+    # Targeting Windows 10. We can't say `=_WIN32_WINNT_WIN10` here because
+    # some files do `#if WINVER < 0x0600` without including windows.h before,
+    # and then _WIN32_WINNT_WIN10 isn't yet known to be 0x0A00.
+    WINVER=0x0A00
+    _WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00
+    NTDDI_VERSION=NTDDI_WIN10_FE
     NOMINMAX                          # Use the standard's templated min/max
     WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN               # Exclude less common API declarations
     _HAS_EXCEPTIONS=0                 # Disable exceptions