diff --git a/brightray/brightray.gypi b/brightray/brightray.gypi
index daf5f2737c..7edb5f9dbd 100644
--- a/brightray/brightray.gypi
+++ b/brightray/brightray.gypi
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
           },
         },
         'conditions': [
+          ['OS=="win"', {
+            'defines': [
+              'USE_AURA',
+            ],
+          }],
           ['OS not in ["mac", "win"]', {
             'defines': [
               'USE_X11',