diff --git a/reactos/sdk/tools/utf16le/utf16le.cpp b/reactos/sdk/tools/utf16le/utf16le.cpp
index bc06d7c5769..7ba25b1c572 100644
--- a/reactos/sdk/tools/utf16le/utf16le.cpp
+++ b/reactos/sdk/tools/utf16le/utf16le.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define strcasecmp _stricmp
+#endif
+
 class utf_converter
 {
 public: