diff --git a/compat/snprintf.c b/compat/snprintf.c
index 42ea1ac11..0b1168853 100644
--- a/compat/snprintf.c
+++ b/compat/snprintf.c
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * always have room for a trailing NUL byte.
  */
 #ifndef SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR
-#if defined(WIN32) && (!defined(__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ < 4)
+#if defined(WIN32) && (!defined(__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ < 4) && (!defined(_MSC_VER) || _MSC_VER < 1900)
 #define SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR 1
 #else
 #define SNPRINTF_SIZE_CORR 0