diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectwindows.h b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectwindows.h
index 1139fec64..025992450 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectwindows.h
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxcommon/simconnectwindows.h
@@ -7,9 +7,16 @@
 #ifndef NOMINMAX
 #define NOMINMAX
 #endif
+
+// clash with struct interface in objbase.h used to happen
+#pragma push_macro("interface")
+#undef interface
+
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <SimConnect.h>
 
+#pragma pop_macro("interface")
+
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN64
 //! adding struct SIMCONNECT_DATA_PBH not existing in SimConnect FSX
 struct SIMCONNECT_DATA_PBH