diff --git a/libretro-common/include/compat/msvc.h b/libretro-common/include/compat/msvc.h
index 6a76876662..c0c2364aa1 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/compat/msvc.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/compat/msvc.h
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@
 #ifndef __LIBRETRO_SDK_COMPAT_MSVC_H
 #define __LIBRETRO_SDK_COMPAT_MSVC_H
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+
+// Pre-MSVC 2015 compilers don't implement snprintf in a cross-platform manner.
+#if _MSC_VER < 1900
 #ifndef snprintf
 #define snprintf _snprintf
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-
 #undef UNICODE /* Do not bother with UNICODE at this time. */
 #include <direct.h>
 #include <stddef.h>