diff --git a/include/utils/utils.h b/include/utils/utils.h
index b9da4f6..dd97f91 100644
--- a/include/utils/utils.h
+++ b/include/utils/utils.h
@@ -132,13 +132,14 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 #if (defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64))
+#include <io.h>
 #define __format_printf(x, y)
-#define __noreturn
+#define __noreturn __declspec(noreturn)
 #define __weak
 #define __unreachable() __assume(0)
 #define likely(p) (p)
 #define unlikely(p) (p)
-#define isatty	_isatty
+#define isatty	_isatty /* from io.h */
 #define fileno _fileno
 #else
 #define __format_printf(x, y)   __attribute__((format(printf, x, y)))
diff --git a/src/logger.c b/src/logger.c
index d0c7ec0..c475bb1 100644
--- a/src/logger.c
+++ b/src/logger.c
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+/* To disable warnings about use of strncpy and suggestions to use the more
+ * secure variant strncpy_s in MSVC */
+#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -15,6 +20,14 @@
 
 #include <utils/logger.h>
 
+#if (defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64))
+/*
+ * For MSVC, we are expected use _write() and the type of len is unsigned int
+ * instead of size_t in unix.
+ */
+#define write(fd, data, len) _write((fd), (data), (unsigned int)(len))
+#endif
+
 #define RED   "\x1B[31m"
 #define GRN   "\x1B[32m"
 #define YEL   "\x1B[33m"
@@ -46,7 +59,8 @@ static const char *log_level_names[LOG_MAX_LEVEL] = {
 
 static inline void logger_log_set_color(logger_t *ctx, const char *color)
 {
-	int ret, len;
+	int ret;
+	size_t len;
 
 	if (ctx->flags & LOGGER_FLAG_NO_COLORS)
 		return;