diff --git a/src/XpmI.h b/src/XpmI.h
index 4360ad3b9..a8d78b0ba 100644
--- a/src/XpmI.h
+++ b/src/XpmI.h
@@ -325,8 +325,10 @@ FUNC(xpmstrcasecmp, int, (char *s1, char *s2));
 #else
 #undef xpmstrcasecmp
 #define xpmstrcasecmp strcasecmp
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER)
 #include <strings.h>
 #endif
+#endif
 
 FUNC(xpmatoui, unsigned int,
      (char *p, unsigned int l, unsigned int *ui_return));