diff --git a/frame/include/bli_type_defs.h b/frame/include/bli_type_defs.h
index cb4e4e4b8..584c221ba 100644
--- a/frame/include/bli_type_defs.h
+++ b/frame/include/bli_type_defs.h
@@ -89,10 +89,14 @@ typedef unsigned long int guint_t;
 // -- Boolean type --
 
 // NOTE: bool_t is no longer used and has been replaced with C99's bool type.
+// Not defining the bool type for C++ code in windows platform to avoid
+// duplicate definition build error.
 #ifdef _WIN32
+#ifndef __cplusplus
 #undef bool
 typedef  gint_t  bool;
 #endif
+#endif
 // BLIS uses TRUE and FALSE macro constants as possible boolean values, but we
 // define these macros in terms of true and false, respectively, which are
 // defined by C99 in stdbool.h.