diff --git a/cfg/std.cfg b/cfg/std.cfg
index 96037f1e0..0a585801e 100644
--- a/cfg/std.cfg
+++ b/cfg/std.cfg
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
   <define name="UINT_LEAST16_MAX" value="65535"/>
   <define name="UINT_LEAST32_MAX" value="4294967295"/>
   <define name="UINT_LEAST64_MAX" value="18446744073709551615"/>
+  <!-- These MIN/MAX macros are not part of the language but they are implemented and used very often -->
+  <define name="MAX(a,b)" value="(((a) &gt; (b)) ? (a) : (b))"/>
+  <define name="MIN(a,b)" value="(((a) &lt; (b)) ? (a) : (b))"/>
   <!-- errno_t is a typedef for int -->
   <define name="errno_t" value="int"/>
   <!-- void abort(void); -->