diff --git a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
index 8a760886..16be48db 100644
--- a/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
+++ b/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
@@ -1682,6 +1682,23 @@ inline void Abort() { abort(); }
 
 }  // namespace posix
 
+// MSVC "deprecates" snprintf and issues warnings wherever it is used.  In
+// order to avoid these warnings, we need to use _snprintf or _snprintf_s on
+// MSVC-based platforms.  We map the GTEST_SNPRINTF_ macro to the appropriate
+// function in order to achieve that.  We use macro definition here because
+// snprintf is a variadic function.
+#if _MSC_VER >= 1400 && !GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MOBILE
+// MSVC 2005 and above support variadic macros.
+# define GTEST_SNPRINTF_(buffer, size, format, ...) \
+     _snprintf_s(buffer, size, size, format, __VA_ARGS__)
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+// Windows CE does not define _snprintf_s and MSVC prior to 2005 doesn't
+// complain about _snprintf.
+# define GTEST_SNPRINTF_ _snprintf
+#else
+# define GTEST_SNPRINTF_ snprintf
+#endif
+
 // The maximum number a BiggestInt can represent.  This definition
 // works no matter BiggestInt is represented in one's complement or
 // two's complement.
diff --git a/src/gtest-printers.cc b/src/gtest-printers.cc
index ed63c7b3..cfe9eed3 100644
--- a/src/gtest-printers.cc
+++ b/src/gtest-printers.cc
@@ -55,14 +55,6 @@ namespace {
 
 using ::std::ostream;
 
-#if GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MOBILE  // Windows CE does not define _snprintf_s.
-# define snprintf _snprintf
-#elif _MSC_VER >= 1400  // VC 8.0 and later deprecate snprintf and _snprintf.
-# define snprintf _snprintf_s
-#elif _MSC_VER
-# define snprintf _snprintf
-#endif  // GTEST_OS_WINDOWS_MOBILE
-
 // Prints a segment of bytes in the given object.
 void PrintByteSegmentInObjectTo(const unsigned char* obj_bytes, size_t start,
                                 size_t count, ostream* os) {
@@ -77,7 +69,7 @@ void PrintByteSegmentInObjectTo(const unsigned char* obj_bytes, size_t start,
       else
         *os << '-';
     }
-    snprintf(text, sizeof(text), "%02X", obj_bytes[j]);
+    GTEST_SNPRINTF_(text, sizeof(text), "%02X", obj_bytes[j]);
     *os << text;
   }
 }