diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 4d75084f..f450a497 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ def configure(conf):
 
 	compiler_c_cxx_flags = {
 		'common': {
-			'msvc':    ['/D_USING_V110_SDK71_', '/Zi', '/FS'],
+			# disable thread-safe local static initialization for C++11 code, as it cause crashes on Windows XP
+			'msvc':    ['/D_USING_V110_SDK71_', '/Zi', '/FS', '/Zc:threadSafeInit-'],
 			'clang':   ['-g', '-gdwarf-2', '-Werror=implicit-function-declaration', '-Werror=return-type'],
 			'gcc':     ['-g', '-Werror=implicit-function-declaration', '-fdiagnostics-color=always', '-Werror=return-type']
 		},