diff --git a/NuGet/StaticGraphics/buildTransitive/StaticLink.Avalonia.targets b/NuGet/StaticGraphics/buildTransitive/StaticLink.Avalonia.targets
index 59cefce..c248e06 100644
--- a/NuGet/StaticGraphics/buildTransitive/StaticLink.Avalonia.targets
+++ b/NuGet/StaticGraphics/buildTransitive/StaticLink.Avalonia.targets
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
         <LinkerArg Include="Gdi32.lib;User32.lib" />
         <LinkerArg Include="synchronization.lib" />
         <LinkerArg Include="fontsub.lib;Ole32.lib;USP10.lib" />
-        <LinkerArg Include="d3d12.lib;d3dcompiler.lib" />
+        <LinkerArg Include="d3dcompiler.lib" />
+        <LinkerArg Include="/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,6.01" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <Target Name="StaticLinkAvaloniaAddWindowsDirectPInvokes"
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@
             <LinkerArg Include="Gdi32.lib;User32.lib" />
             <LinkerArg Include="synchronization.lib" />
             <LinkerArg Include="fontsub.lib;Ole32.lib;USP10.lib" />
-            <LinkerArg Include="d3d12.lib;d3dcompiler.lib" />
+            <LinkerArg Include="d3dcompiler.lib" />
+            <LinkerArg Include="/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,6.01" />
         </ItemGroup>
     </Target>
 
diff --git a/scripts/build-windows-static-graphics.ps1 b/scripts/build-windows-static-graphics.ps1
index 5d90d2a..8ba26e1 100644
--- a/scripts/build-windows-static-graphics.ps1
+++ b/scripts/build-windows-static-graphics.ps1
@@ -416,7 +416,12 @@ skia_use_system_libwebp = false
 skia_use_system_zlib = false
 skia_use_vulkan = false
 skia_use_xps = true
-extra_cflags = [ "-DSKIA_C_DLL" ]
+extra_cflags = [
+  "-DSKIA_C_DLL",
+  "-DWINVER=0x0601",
+  "-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601",
+  "-DNTDDI_VERSION=0x06010000",
+]
 extra_cflags_cc = [ "/GR" ]
 "@ | Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $outDir "args.gn") -Encoding ASCII
 
@@ -539,6 +544,11 @@ build_angle_deqp_tests = false
 angle_enable_swiftshader = false
 angle_enable_vulkan = false
 angle_enable_wgpu = false
+extra_cflags = [
+  "-DWINVER=0x0601",
+  "-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601",
+  "-DNTDDI_VERSION=0x06010000",
+]
 "@ | Set-Content -Path (Join-Path $outDir "args.gn") -Encoding ASCII
         gn gen $outDir
         ninja -C $outDir -j $BuildJobs libANGLE_static libGLESv2_static