diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/stl/ReaderWriterSTL.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/stl/ReaderWriterSTL.cpp
index 4b2648e95..947f30072 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/stl/ReaderWriterSTL.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/stl/ReaderWriterSTL.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,23 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include <string.h>
+
+
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__MINGW32__) && (!defined(_MSC_VER) || _MSC_VER<1600)
+
+typedef unsigned __int8 uint8_t;
+typedef unsigned __int16 uint16_t;
+typedef unsigned __int32 uint32_t;
+typedef signed __int8 int8_t;
+typedef signed __int16 int16_t;
+typedef signed __int32 int32_t;
+
+#else
+
 #include <stdint.h>
 
+#endif
+
 #include <memory>
 
 struct STLOptionsStruct {