diff --git a/glib/gmacros.h b/glib/gmacros.h
index 9526cbda5..b37b08ecb 100644
--- a/glib/gmacros.h
+++ b/glib/gmacros.h
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@
   _Pragma ("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wdeprecated-declarations\"")
 #define G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS			\
   _Pragma ("GCC diagnostic pop")
+#elif defined (_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1500)
+#define G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS		\
+  __pragma (warning (push))  \
+  __pragma (warning (disable : 4996))
+#define G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS			\
+  __pragma (warning (pop))
 #else
 #define G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS
 #define G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS