diff --git a/src/XpmI.h b/src/XpmI.h
index 4360ad3b9..a8d78b0ba 100644
--- a/src/XpmI.h
+++ b/src/XpmI.h
@@ -332,7 +332,9 @@ FUNC(xpmstrcasecmp, int, (char *s1, char *s2));
 #else
 #undef xpmstrcasecmp
 #define xpmstrcasecmp strcasecmp
+# if !defined(_MSC_VER)
 #include <strings.h>
+# endif
 #endif
 
 HFUNC(xpmatoui, unsigned int,