diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f4239c32..063d5f78 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ endif()
 
 if(MSVC)
   add_compile_definitions(NOMINMAX _COMPLEX_DEFINED)
+  # suppress compiler warnings that sprintf and similar functions are unsafe (e.g. C4996)
+  add_compile_definitions(_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()
 
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diff --git a/EXAMPLE/dlinsol.c b/EXAMPLE/dlinsol.c
index 8d579937..0fff29c6 100644
--- a/EXAMPLE/dlinsol.c
+++ b/EXAMPLE/dlinsol.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     dCreate_CompCol_Matrix(&A, m, n, nnz, a, asub, xa, SLU_NC, SLU_D, SLU_GE);
     Astore = A.Store;
     printf("Dimension %dx%d; # nonzeros %d\n", (int)A.nrow, (int)A.ncol, (int)Astore->nnz);
-    printf("sizeof(int_t) %lu\n", sizeof(int_t));
+    printf("sizeof(int_t) %zu\n", sizeof(int_t));
     
     nrhs   = 1;
     if ( !(rhs = doubleMalloc(m * nrhs)) ) ABORT("Malloc fails for rhs[].");