diff --git a/runtime/compiler/env/J9SharedCache.cpp b/runtime/compiler/env/J9SharedCache.cpp
index 677dfe85144..2a7085019f6 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/env/J9SharedCache.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/env/J9SharedCache.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR LicenseRef-GPL-2.0 WITH Assembly-exception
  *******************************************************************************/
 
+#if defined (_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1900)
+#define snprintf _snprintf
+#endif
+
 #include "env/J9SharedCache.hpp"
 
 #include <algorithm>
diff --git a/runtime/compiler/env/j9method.cpp b/runtime/compiler/env/j9method.cpp
index cd0928aaf97..513a3acc6c2 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/env/j9method.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/env/j9method.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0 OR LicenseRef-GPL-2.0 WITH Assembly-exception
  *******************************************************************************/
 
+#if defined (_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1900)
+#define snprintf _snprintf
+#endif
+
 #include "env/j9method.h"
 
 #include <stddef.h>