diff --git a/deps/cares/cares.gyp b/deps/cares/cares.gyp
index be7931f7743db1..0b5cd02c21dde1 100644
--- a/deps/cares/cares.gyp
+++ b/deps/cares/cares.gyp
@@ -112,7 +112,10 @@
           'defines': [ 'CARES_BUILDING_LIBRARY' ]
         }],
         [ 'OS=="win"', {
-          'defines': [ 'CARES_PULL_WS2TCPIP_H=1' ],
+          'defines': [
+            'CARES_PULL_WS2TCPIP_H=1',
+            '_WINSOCK_DEPRECATED_NO_WARNINGS',
+          ],
           'include_dirs': [ 'config/win32' ],
           'sources': [
             'src/config-win32.h',