diff --git a/lib/framework/printf_ext.c b/lib/framework/printf_ext.c
index 1fae80c94..c662ae12c 100644
--- a/lib/framework/printf_ext.c
+++ b/lib/framework/printf_ext.c
@@ -22,6 +22,52 @@
 #include "printf_ext.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 
+#if defined(WZ_OS_WIN)
+int vasprintf(char** strp, const char* format, va_list ap)
+{
+	int count;
+
+	// Find out how long the resulting string is
+	count = _vscprintf(format, ap);
+
+	if (count == 0)
+	{
+		return strdup("");
+	}
+	else if (count < 0)
+	{
+		// Something went wrong, so return the error code (probably still requires checking of "errno" though)
+		return count;
+	}
+
+	assert(strp != NULL);
+
+	// Allocate memory for our string
+	*strp = malloc(count + 1);
+	if (*strp == NULL)
+	{
+		debug(LOG_ERROR, "vasprintf: Out of memory!");
+		abort();
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	// Do the actual printing into our newly created string
+	return vsprintf(*strp, format, ap);
+}
+
+int asprintf(char** strp, const char* format, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	int count;
+
+	va_start(ap, format);
+		count = vasprintf(strp, format, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	return count;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if defined(WZ_CC_MSVC)
 int vsnprintf(char* str, size_t size, const char* format, va_list ap)
 {
diff --git a/lib/framework/printf_ext.h b/lib/framework/printf_ext.h
index 6c487c519..002074c10 100644
--- a/lib/framework/printf_ext.h
+++ b/lib/framework/printf_ext.h
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@
 
 #include "frame.h"
 
+#if defined(WZ_OS_WIN)
+// These functions are GNU extensions; so make sure they are available on Windows also
+extern int vasprintf(char** strp, const char* format, va_list ap);
+extern int asprintf(char** strp, const char* format, ...);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(WZ_CC_MSVC)
 // Make sure that these functions are available, and work according to the C99 spec on MSVC also
-
 extern int vsnprintf(char* str, size_t size, const char* format, va_list ap);
 extern int snprintf(char* str, size_t size, const char* format, ...);
 #endif