diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ed661f4f2..6c8c01b0f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ if (ZMQ_PREFIX STREQUAL "bundled")
   set(BUILD_TESTS OFF)
   set(BUILD_SHARED OFF)
   set(BUILD_STATIC ON)
+  if(MSVC)
+    set(API_POLLER "select")
+  endif()
 
   FetchContent_Declare(bundled_libzmq
     URL ${PYZMQ_LIBZMQ_URL}