diff --git a/Inc/BufferHelpers.h b/Inc/BufferHelpers.h
index 08f4f54f8..5e07ae028 100644
--- a/Inc/BufferHelpers.h
+++ b/Inc/BufferHelpers.h
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ namespace DirectX
         _In_reads_bytes_(count* stride) const void* ptr,
         size_t count,
         size_t stride,
-        D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags,
+        unsigned int bindFlags,
         _COM_Outptr_ ID3D11Buffer** pBuffer) noexcept;
 
     template<typename T>
     HRESULT CreateStaticBuffer(_In_ ID3D11Device* device,
         _In_reads_(count) T const* data,
         size_t count,
-        D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags,
+        unsigned int bindFlags,
         _COM_Outptr_ ID3D11Buffer** pBuffer) noexcept
     {
         return CreateStaticBuffer(device, data, count, sizeof(T), bindFlags, pBuffer);
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace DirectX
     template<typename T>
     HRESULT CreateStaticBuffer(_In_ ID3D11Device* device,
         T const& data,
-        D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags,
+        unsigned int bindFlags,
         _COM_Outptr_ ID3D11Buffer** pBuffer) noexcept
     {
         return CreateStaticBuffer(device, data.data(), data.size(), sizeof(typename T::value_type), bindFlags, pBuffer);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace DirectX
         const D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA& initData,
         _COM_Outptr_opt_ ID3D11Texture1D** texture,
         _COM_Outptr_opt_ ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
-        D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags = D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE) noexcept;
+        unsigned int bindFlags = D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE) noexcept;
 
     HRESULT __cdecl CreateTextureFromMemory(_In_ ID3D11Device* device,
         size_t width, size_t height,
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace DirectX
         const D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA& initData,
         _COM_Outptr_opt_ ID3D11Texture2D** texture,
         _COM_Outptr_opt_ ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
-        D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags = D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE) noexcept;
+        unsigned int bindFlags = D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE) noexcept;
 
     HRESULT __cdecl CreateTextureFromMemory(
 #if defined(_XBOX_ONE) && defined(_TITLE)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace DirectX
         const D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA& initData,
         _COM_Outptr_opt_ ID3D11Texture3D** texture,
         _COM_Outptr_opt_ ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
-        D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags = D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE) noexcept;
+        unsigned int bindFlags = D3D11_BIND_SHADER_RESOURCE) noexcept;
 
     // Strongly typed wrapper around a Direct3D constant buffer.
     namespace Internal
diff --git a/Src/BufferHelpers.cpp b/Src/BufferHelpers.cpp
index cf229d454..f865bc1a4 100644
--- a/Src/BufferHelpers.cpp
+++ b/Src/BufferHelpers.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ HRESULT DirectX::CreateStaticBuffer(
     const void* ptr,
     size_t count,
     size_t stride,
-    D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags,
+    unsigned int bindFlags,
     ID3D11Buffer** pBuffer) noexcept
 {
     if (!pBuffer)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ HRESULT DirectX::CreateTextureFromMemory(
     const D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA& initData,
     ID3D11Texture1D** texture,
     ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
-    D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags) noexcept
+    unsigned int bindFlags) noexcept
 {
     if (texture)
     {
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ HRESULT DirectX::CreateTextureFromMemory(
     const D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA& initData,
     ID3D11Texture2D** texture,
     ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
-    D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags) noexcept
+    unsigned int bindFlags) noexcept
 {
     if (texture)
     {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ HRESULT DirectX::CreateTextureFromMemory(
     const D3D11_SUBRESOURCE_DATA& initData,
     ID3D11Texture3D** texture,
     ID3D11ShaderResourceView** textureView,
-    D3D11_BIND_FLAG bindFlags) noexcept
+    unsigned int bindFlags) noexcept
 {
     if (texture)
     {