diff --git a/modules/sfm/src/libmv_light/libmv/logging/logging.h b/modules/sfm/src/libmv_light/libmv/logging/logging.h
index 776d9d52f..fa091c0ac 100644
--- a/modules/sfm/src/libmv_light/libmv/logging/logging.h
+++ b/modules/sfm/src/libmv_light/libmv/logging/logging.h
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@
 
 #include <glog/logging.h>
 
+
+#if defined _MSC_VER && _MSC_VER < 1900
+#  define snprintf _snprintf
+#endif
+
 #define LG LOG(INFO)
 #define V0 LOG(INFO)
 #define V1 LOG(INFO)
diff --git a/modules/sfm/src/libmv_light/libmv/simple_pipeline/pipeline.cc b/modules/sfm/src/libmv_light/libmv/simple_pipeline/pipeline.cc
index 6c8592baa..29b0edda4 100644
--- a/modules/sfm/src/libmv_light/libmv/simple_pipeline/pipeline.cc
+++ b/modules/sfm/src/libmv_light/libmv/simple_pipeline/pipeline.cc
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@
 #include "libmv/simple_pipeline/tracks.h"
 #include "libmv/simple_pipeline/camera_intrinsics.h"
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#  define snprintf _snprintf
-#endif
-
 namespace libmv {
 namespace {