diff --git a/util/pl/VC-32.pl b/util/pl/VC-32.pl
index 936e0319bd30d63f39a798f8085db49ffdb6b4f3..7932cb005a988054e045c8b764406d3313e2221c 100644
--- a/util/pl/VC-32.pl
+++ b/util/pl/VC-32.pl
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ if ($FLAVOR =~ /WIN64/)
     # considered safe to ignore.
     # 
     $base_cflags=' /W3 /Gs0 /GF /Gy /nologo -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DL_ENDIAN -DDSO_WIN32 -DOPENSSL_SYSNAME_WIN32 -DOPENSSL_SYSNAME_WINNT -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE';
+    $base_cflags.='-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE'; # shut up VC8
     $opt_cflags=' /MD /Ox';
     $dbg_cflags=' /MDd /Od -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG';
     $lflags="/nologo /subsystem:console /opt:ref";
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ elsif ($FLAVOR =~ /CE/)
 else	# Win32
     {
     $base_cflags=' /W3 /WX /Gs0 /GF /Gy /nologo -DOPENSSL_SYSNAME_WIN32 -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DL_ENDIAN -DDSO_WIN32';
+    $base_cflags.='-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE';	# shut up VC8
     $opt_cflags=' /MD /Ox /O2 /Ob2';
     $dbg_cflags=' /MDd /Od -DDEBUG -D_DEBUG';
     $lflags="/nologo /subsystem:console /machine:I386 /opt:ref";