diff --git a/test/bdcsvd.cpp b/test/bdcsvd.cpp
index 0714a7729..434bd4eb8 100644
--- a/test/bdcsvd.cpp
+++ b/test/bdcsvd.cpp
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@
 // We explicitly disable deprecated declarations for this set of tests
 // because we purposely verify assertions for the deprecated SVD runtime
 // option behavior.
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#pragma warning( disable : 4996 )
 #endif
 
 // discard stack allocation as that too bypasses malloc
diff --git a/test/jacobisvd.cpp b/test/jacobisvd.cpp
index 833aee6a5..fab588204 100644
--- a/test/jacobisvd.cpp
+++ b/test/jacobisvd.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
 // We explicitly disable deprecated declarations for this set of tests
 // because we purposely verify assertions for the deprecated SVD runtime
 // option behavior.
-#ifdef __GNUC__
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated-declarations"
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#pragma warning( disable : 4996 )
 #endif
 
 // discard stack allocation as that too bypasses malloc