diff --git a/ANNOUNCE b/ANNOUNCE
index dabc7b050..12583771e 100644
--- a/ANNOUNCE
+++ b/ANNOUNCE
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ version 1.4.6beta06 [March 19, 2011]
 version 1.4.6beta07 [March 19, 2011]
   ifdef out mask arrays in pngread.c when interlacing is not supported.
   Added attribute definition (warnings) for MSC_VER >= 1300 in pngconf.h
+  Added -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE to CFLAGS in makefile.vcwin32
 
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diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6517c3135..c13fe2fab 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2768,6 +2768,7 @@ version 1.4.6beta06 [March 19, 2011]
 version 1.4.6beta07 [March 19, 2011]
   ifdef out mask arrays in pngread.c when interlacing is not supported.
   Added attribute definition (warnings) for MSC_VER >= 1300 in pngconf.h
+  Added -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE to CFLAGS in makefile.vcwin32
 
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diff --git a/scripts/makefile.vcwin32 b/scripts/makefile.vcwin32
index a65f1c112..a23c0750f 100644
--- a/scripts/makefile.vcwin32
+++ b/scripts/makefile.vcwin32
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 CC = cl
 LD = link
 AR = lib
-CFLAGS  = -nologo -MD -O2 -W3 -I..\zlib
+CFLAGS  = -nologo -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -MD -O2 -W3 -I..\zlib
 LDFLAGS = -nologo
 ARFLAGS = -nologo
 RM = del