diff --git a/build_files/scons/config/win32-vc-config.py b/build_files/scons/config/win32-vc-config.py
index ce34737fd49..3572dd113bf 100644
--- a/build_files/scons/config/win32-vc-config.py
+++ b/build_files/scons/config/win32-vc-config.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ BF_OPENJPEG_LIB = ''
 BF_OPENJPEG_INC = '${BF_OPENJPEG}'
 BF_OPENJPEG_LIBPATH='${BF_OPENJPEG}/lib'
 
-WITH_BF_FFTW3 = False
+WITH_BF_FFTW3 = True
 BF_FFTW3 = LIBDIR + '/fftw3'
 BF_FFTW3_INC = '${BF_FFTW3}/include'
 BF_FFTW3_LIB = 'libfftw'