diff --git a/scripts/wheel-windows.sh b/scripts/wheel-windows.sh
index 9134884..9fb6fb6 100644
--- a/scripts/wheel-windows.sh
+++ b/scripts/wheel-windows.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set -eaux
 pip install wheel setuptools
 
 rm -fr dist wheelhouse ecmwflibs.egg-info build
-python setup.py bdist_wheel
+python setup.py --binary-wheel bdist_wheel
 mv dist wheelhouse
 
 ls -l wheelhouse