diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index a729c3d84..aec47fbcb 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@
 ============================================================================*/
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include "windows.h" // this must be first to define GetCurrentDirectory
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1800
+# define KWSYS_WINDOWS_DEPRECATED_GetVersionEx
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #include "cmGlobalGenerator.h"
@@ -456,7 +459,14 @@ cmGlobalGenerator::EnableLanguage(std::vector<std::string>const& languages,
     OSVERSIONINFO osvi;
     ZeroMemory(&osvi, sizeof(osvi));
     osvi.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
+#ifdef KWSYS_WINDOWS_DEPRECATED_GetVersionEx
+# pragma warning (push)
+# pragma warning (disable:4996)
+#endif
     GetVersionEx (&osvi);
+#ifdef KWSYS_WINDOWS_DEPRECATED_GetVersionEx
+# pragma warning (pop)
+#endif
     cmOStringStream windowsVersionString;
     windowsVersionString << osvi.dwMajorVersion << "." << osvi.dwMinorVersion;
     windowsVersionString.str();