diff --git a/plugins/elements/gstfilesink.c b/plugins/elements/gstfilesink.c
index 3d9b50a9d4..d1a376023b 100644
--- a/plugins/elements/gstfilesink.c
+++ b/plugins/elements/gstfilesink.c
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 #define lseek _lseeki64
 #undef off_t
 #define off_t guint64
+#ifdef _MSC_VER                 /* Check if we are using MSVC, fileno is deprecated in favour */
+#define fileno _fileno          /* of _fileno */
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>