diff --git a/src/encparse.c b/src/encparse.c
index 548110ede..61952b9ce 100644
--- a/src/encparse.c	
+++ b/src/encparse.c
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
    to be pure ASCII.  Bloody ``Code Set Independence''. */
 
 #include <string.h>
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include <strings.h>
+#else
+#define strcasecmp _stricmp
+#endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
-#include "zlib.h"
+#include <zlib.h>
 typedef gzFile FontFilePtr;
 
 #define FontFileGetc(f) gzgetc(f)
diff --git a/src/fontenc.c b/src/fontenc.c
index c4ccd5eb0..e87d1089d 100644
--- a/src/fontenc.c	
+++ b/src/fontenc.c
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 /* Backend-independent encoding code */
 
 #include <string.h>
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include <strings.h>
+#else
+#define strcasecmp _stricmp
+#endif
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 #define FALSE 0