diff --git a/cfg.mk b/cfg.mk
index f802cee494a231b883266a0d975b0d1580f929a0..4ed0d96febd78927b0205492d6d944a50fd27e87 100644
--- a/cfg.mk
+++ b/cfg.mk
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_always_true_header_tests = \
   (^docs|^python/(libvirt-override|typewrappers)\.c$$)
 
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_asprintf = \
-  ^(bootstrap.conf$$|po/|src/util/util\.c$$)
+  ^(bootstrap.conf$$|po/|src/util/util\.c$$|examples/domain-events/events-c/event-test\.c$$)
 
 exclude_file_name_regexp--sc_prohibit_close = \
   (\.py$$|^docs/|(src/util/files\.c|src/libvirt\.c)$$)
diff --git a/examples/domain-events/events-c/event-test.c b/examples/domain-events/events-c/event-test.c
index 7d05dd83d7b36ad55a105bb303edfa489ca088ed..1f46d42a2179b09343d5a15083962200349a87ff 100644
--- a/examples/domain-events/events-c/event-test.c
+++ b/examples/domain-events/events-c/event-test.c
@@ -169,8 +169,16 @@ static int myDomainEventRTCChangeCallback(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                           long long offset,
                                           void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
-    printf("%s EVENT: Domain %s(%d) rtc change %lld\n", __func__, virDomainGetName(dom),
-           virDomainGetID(dom), offset);
+    char *str = NULL;
+    /* HACK: use asprintf since we have gnulib's wrapper for %lld on Win32
+     * but don't have a printf() replacement with %lld */
+    if (asprintf(&str, "%s EVENT: Domain %s(%d) rtc change %lld\n",
+                 __func__, virDomainGetName(dom),
+                 virDomainGetID(dom), offset) < 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    printf("%s", str);
+    free(str);
 
     return 0;
 }