diff --git a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions_visCPP.hpp b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions_visCPP.hpp
index 2ecf9687344..70f9b2eccd7 100644
--- a/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions_visCPP.hpp
+++ b/hotspot/src/share/vm/utilities/globalDefinitions_visCPP.hpp
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ const jlong max_jlong = CONST64(0x7fffffffffffffff);
 #endif
 
 #if _MSC_VER < 1800
+// Visual Studio 2013 introduced strtoull(); before, one has to use _strtoui64() instead.
+#define strtoull _strtoui64
 // Fixes some wrong warnings about 'this' : used in base member initializer list
 #pragma warning( disable : 4355 )
 #endif