diff --git a/src/xalanc/Utils/MsgCreator/CMakeLists.txt b/src/xalanc/Utils/MsgCreator/CMakeLists.txt
index 20215d4..dc74c1b 100644
--- a/src/xalanc/Utils/MsgCreator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/xalanc/Utils/MsgCreator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ set(msgcreator_headers
   NLSHandler.hpp
   SAX2Handler.hpp)

+if(MSVC)
+  add_definitions(-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS=1)
+endif()
+
 add_executable(MsgCreator ${msgcreator_sources} ${msgcreator_headers})
 target_include_directories(MsgCreator PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src>