diff --git a/libretro-common/compat/compat_snprintf.c b/libretro-common/compat/compat_snprintf.c
index d068f9c592..feec9e74b8 100644
--- a/libretro-common/compat/compat_snprintf.c
+++ b/libretro-common/compat/compat_snprintf.c
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ int c99_vsnprintf_retro__(char *outBuf, size_t size, const char *format, va_list
    int count = -1;
 
    if (size != 0)
+#if (_MSC_VER <= 1310)
+       count = _vsnprintf(outBuf, _TRUNCATE, format, ap);
+#else
        count = _vsnprintf_s(outBuf, size, _TRUNCATE, format, ap);
+#endif
    if (count == -1)
        count = _vscprintf(format, ap);