diff --git a/cmake/pcl_find_sse.cmake b/cmake/pcl_find_sse.cmake
index e6604d3268f..ad1215e9a8d 100644
--- a/cmake/pcl_find_sse.cmake
+++ b/cmake/pcl_find_sse.cmake
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ macro(PCL_CHECK_FOR_SSE)
     endif()
 
     if(MSVC)
+        if(HAVE_SSE4_2_EXTENSIONS)
+            set(SSE_DEFINITIONS "${SSE_DEFINITIONS} -D__SSE4_2__")
+        endif()
+        if(HAVE_SSE4_1_EXTENSIONS)
+            set(SSE_DEFINITIONS "${SSE_DEFINITIONS} -D__SSE4_1__")
+        endif()
         if(HAVE_SSSE3_EXTENSIONS)
             set(SSE_DEFINITIONS "${SSE_DEFINITIONS} -D__SSSE3__")
         endif()