diff --git a/src/lj_def.h b/src/lj_def.h
index 21cc59a4..c7600d33 100644
--- a/src/lj_def.h
+++ b/src/lj_def.h
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 #include "lua.h"
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-/* MSVC is stuck in the last century and doesn't have C99's stdint.h. */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1700)
+/* Old MSVC is stuck in the last century and doesn't have C99's stdint.h. */
 typedef __int8 int8_t;
 typedef __int16 int16_t;
 typedef __int32 int32_t;