diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index f4cf9e665a6..7f4ad262b16 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@ case "$target" in
     ;;
 esac
 
-dnl Target the Windows Vista SDK by default
-WINSDK_TARGETVER=600
+dnl Target the Windows 7 SDK by default
+WINSDK_TARGETVER=601
 
 MOZ_ARG_WITH_STRING(windows-version,
 [  --with-windows-version=WINSDK_TARGETVER