diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/swiglabels.swg b/SWIG/Lib/swiglabels.swg
index f3a276906..8bd4b3dfd 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/swiglabels.swg
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/swiglabels.swg
@@ -81,3 +81,8 @@
 #   define SWIGSTDCALL
 # endif 
 #endif
+
+/* Deal with Microsoft's attempt at deprecating C standard runtime functions */
+#if !defined(SWIG_NO_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+# define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
+#endif