diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4ac5701d0..ee2a4e70b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
                         # Don't warn about _cairo_status -> _cairo_int_status conversion
                         '/wd5286',
                         language : ['c', 'cpp'])
+  add_project_arguments('-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS', language : ['c', 'cpp'])
 endif
 
 add_project_arguments('-D_GNU_SOURCE', language: ['c', 'cpp'])