diff --git a/hal/halx86/include/hal.h b/hal/halx86/include/hal.h
index 860651951c8..ec38e8c70ce 100644
--- a/hal/halx86/include/hal.h
+++ b/hal/halx86/include/hal.h
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
 #include <ndk/kefuncs.h>
 #include <ndk/rtlfuncs.h>
 
+/* For MSVC, this is required before using DATA_SEG (used in pcidata) */
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+# pragma section("INIT", read,execute,discard)
+#endif
+
 /* Internal shared PCI and ACPI header */
 #include <drivers/pci/pci.h>
 #include <drivers/acpi/acpi.h>
diff --git a/ntoskrnl/config/cmdata.c b/ntoskrnl/config/cmdata.c
index eb1c39bf320..95fafb225c6 100644
--- a/ntoskrnl/config/cmdata.c
+++ b/ntoskrnl/config/cmdata.c
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ ULONG CmpTypeCount[MaximumType + 1];
 
 HANDLE CmpRegistryRootHandle;
 
+// for MSVC, this is required before using DATA_SEG
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+# pragma section("INIT", read,execute,discard)
+#endif
+
 DATA_SEG("INIT") UNICODE_STRING CmClassName[MaximumClass + 1] =
 {
     RTL_CONSTANT_STRING(L"System"),