diff --git a/Include/pyerrors.h b/Include/pyerrors.h
index 5c6751868df489..b0075bffa29d77 100644
--- a/Include/pyerrors.h
+++ b/Include/pyerrors.h
@@ -323,7 +323,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyUnicodeTranslateError_SetReason(
    not rely on any particular behavior; eventually the C99 defn may
    be reliable.
 */
-#if defined(MS_WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_SNPRINTF)
+#if defined(MS_WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_SNPRINTF) && \
+    defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER < 1900
 # define HAVE_SNPRINTF
 # define snprintf _snprintf
 # define vsnprintf _vsnprintf
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-02-18-12-02-32.bpo-36020.CGyW--.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-02-18-12-02-32.bpo-36020.CGyW--.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d8254f9a1ec19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2019-02-18-12-02-32.bpo-36020.CGyW--.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Define snprintf in pyerrors.h for the previous versions of MSVC++ 14.0.
+Patch by Stéphane Wirtel