diff --git a/tests/octree/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/octree/CMakeLists.txt
index 33c3bcd4a3..9c5e031d74 100644
--- a/tests/octree/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/octree/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ link_hifi_library(fbx ${TARGET_NAME} ${ROOT_DIR})
 link_hifi_library(shared ${TARGET_NAME} ${ROOT_DIR})
 
 IF (WIN32)
+    # add a definition for ssize_t so that windows doesn't bail
+    add_definitions(-Dssize_t=long)
+
     #target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} Winmm Ws2_32)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} wsock32.lib)
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
+
diff --git a/tests/octree/src/ModelTests.cpp b/tests/octree/src/ModelTests.cpp
index b2c0923ef4..2cca4b43f6 100644
--- a/tests/octree/src/ModelTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/octree/src/ModelTests.cpp
@@ -14,13 +14,6 @@
 
 #include <QDebug>
 
-#ifdef WIN32
-#ifndef ssize_t
-#define ssize_t int
-#endif
-#endif
-
-
 #include <Octree.h>
 #include <ModelItem.h>
 #include <ModelTree.h>