diff --git a/examples/blame.c b/examples/blame.c
index 06310d540..1f5db69a1 100644
--- a/examples/blame.c
+++ b/examples/blame.c
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define snprintf sprintf_s
+#define strcasecmp strcmpi
+#endif
+
 /**
  * This example demonstrates how to invoke the libgit2 blame API to roughly
  * simulate the output of `git blame` and a few of its command line arguments.