diff --git a/yarp/defines.h b/yarp/defines.h
index 5fe3530d914fe4..24d33b5e091d84 100644
--- a/yarp/defines.h
+++ b/yarp/defines.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #endif
 
 // Windows versions before 2015 use _snprintf
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1900)
+#if !defined(snprintf) && defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1900)
 #   define snprintf _snprintf
 #endif