--- /dev/null
+diff --git a/lang/c/CMakeLists.txt b/lang/c/CMakeLists.txt
+index 11cbf01..620490d 100644
+--- a/lang/c/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/lang/c/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -149,7 +149,10 @@ else (ZLIB_FOUND)
+ message("Disabled deflate codec. zlib not found.")
+ endif (ZLIB_FOUND)
+
+-find_package(Snappy)
++find_library(SNAPPY_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES snappy PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
++find_library(SNAPPY_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES snappyd PATH_SUFFIXES debug/lib)
++find_path(SNAPPY_INCLUDE_DIR snappy-c.h)
++select_library_configurations(SNAPPY)
+ if (SNAPPY_FOUND AND ZLIB_FOUND) # Snappy borrows crc32 from zlib
+ set(SNAPPY_PKG libsnappy)
+ add_definitions(-DSNAPPY_CODEC)
+@@ -161,32 +164,36 @@ else (SNAPPY_FOUND AND ZLIB_FOUND)
+ message("Disabled snappy codec. libsnappy not found or zlib not found.")
+ endif (SNAPPY_FOUND AND ZLIB_FOUND)
+
+-find_package(PkgConfig)
+-pkg_check_modules(LZMA liblzma)
+-if (LZMA_FOUND)
++find_package(LibLZMA)
++if (LibLZMA_FOUND)
++ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
++ set(SNAPPY_LIBRARIES ${SNAPPY_LIBRARIES} -lstdc++)
++ endif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+ set(LZMA_PKG liblzma)
+ add_definitions(-DLZMA_CODEC)
+- include_directories(${LZMA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+- link_directories(${LZMA_LIBRARY_DIRS})
++ include_directories(${LibLZMA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
++ link_directories(${LibLZMA_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+ message("Enabled lzma codec")
+-else (LZMA_FOUND)
++else (LibLZMA_FOUND)
+ set(LZMA_PKG "")
+- set(LZMA_LIBRARIES "")
++ set(LibLZMA_LIBRARIES "")
+ message("Disabled lzma codec. liblzma not found.")
+-endif (LZMA_FOUND)
++endif (LIBLZMA_FOUND)
+
+-set(CODEC_LIBRARIES ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${LZMA_LIBRARIES} ${SNAPPY_LIBRARIES})
++set(CODEC_LIBRARIES ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${LibLZMA_LIBRARIES} ${SNAPPY_LIBRARIES})
+ set(CODEC_PKG "@ZLIB_PKG@ @LZMA_PKG@ @SNAPPY_PKG@")
+
+ # Jansson JSON library
+-pkg_check_modules(JANSSON jansson>=2.3)
+-if (JANSSON_FOUND)
++find_path(JANSSON_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES jansson.h)
++find_library(JANSSON_LIBRARY NAMES jansson)
++if (JANSSON_LIBRARY)
+ set(JANSSON_PKG libjansson)
++ set(JANSSON_LIBRARIES ${JANSSON_LIBRARY})
+ include_directories(${JANSSON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ link_directories(${JANSSON_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+-else (JANSSON_FOUND)
++else (JANSSON_LIBRARY)
+ message(FATAL_ERROR "libjansson >=2.3 not found")
+-endif (JANSSON_FOUND)
++endif (JANSSON_LIBRARY)
+
+
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+diff --git a/lang/c/examples/quickstop.c b/lang/c/examples/quickstop.c
+index f18225b..78e2b1b 100644
+--- a/lang/c/examples/quickstop.c
++++ b/lang/c/examples/quickstop.c
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+ */
+
+ #include <avro.h>
++#include <avro/platform.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+
+@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ int print_person(avro_file_reader_t db, avro_schema_t reader_schema)
+
+ if (avro_record_get(person, "ID", &id_datum) == 0) {
+ avro_int64_get(id_datum, &i64);
+- fprintf(stdout, "%"PRId64" | ", i64);
++ fprintf(stdout, "%" PRId64 " | ", i64);
+ }
+ if (avro_record_get(person, "First", &first_datum) == 0) {
+ avro_string_get(first_datum, &p);
+diff --git a/lang/c/src/avro/msinttypes.h b/lang/c/src/avro/msinttypes.h
+index 29be14b..7efc702 100644
+--- a/lang/c/src/avro/msinttypes.h
++++ b/lang/c/src/avro/msinttypes.h
+@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@
+
+ // 7.8 Format conversion of integer types
+
++#if (_MSC_VER >= 1900)
++# include <inttypes.h>
++#else
++
+ typedef struct {
+ intmax_t quot;
+ intmax_t rem;
+@@ -311,5 +315,6 @@ imaxdiv_t __cdecl imaxdiv(intmax_t numer, intmax_t denom)
+ #define wcstoimax _wcstoi64
+ #define wcstoumax _wcstoui64
+
++#endif // (_MSC_VER >= 1900)
+
+ #endif // _MSC_INTTYPES_H_ ]
+diff --git a/lang/c/src/avro/msstdint.h b/lang/c/src/avro/msstdint.h
+index d02608a..54e8972 100644
+--- a/lang/c/src/avro/msstdint.h
++++ b/lang/c/src/avro/msstdint.h
+@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
+
+ #include <limits.h>
+
++#if (_MSC_VER >= 1900)
++# include <stdint.h>
++#else
++
+ // For Visual Studio 6 in C++ mode and for many Visual Studio versions when
+ // compiling for ARM we should wrap <wchar.h> include with 'extern "C++" {}'
+ // or compiler give many errors like this:
+@@ -243,5 +247,6 @@ typedef uint64_t uintmax_t;
+
+ #endif // __STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS ]
+
++#endif // (_MSC_VER >= 1900)
+
+ #endif // _MSC_STDINT_H_ ]
+diff --git a/lang/c/src/avro/platform.h b/lang/c/src/avro/platform.h
+index 9293055..edfe1e0 100644
+--- a/lang/c/src/avro/platform.h
++++ b/lang/c/src/avro/platform.h
+@@ -35,8 +35,10 @@ extern "C" {
+ // Defines for printing size_t.
+ #if defined(_WIN64)
+ #define PRIsz PRIu64
++ typedef __int64 ssize_t;
+ #elif defined(_WIN32)
+ #define PRIsz PRIu32
++ typedef long ssize_t;
+ #else // GCC
+ #define PRIsz "zu"
+ #endif
+diff --git a/lang/c/src/avro_private.h b/lang/c/src/avro_private.h
+index f97ef6b..6b29104 100644
+--- a/lang/c/src/avro_private.h
++++ b/lang/c/src/avro_private.h
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern "C" {
+ #endif
+
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+-#define snprintf _snprintf
++ // #define snprintf _snprintf
+ #endif
+
+ /* Note that AVRO_PLATFORM_IS_BIG_ENDIAN is *always* defined. It is
+diff --git a/lang/c/src/avroappend.c b/lang/c/src/avroappend.c
+index 7243c60..39656ff 100644
+--- a/lang/c/src/avroappend.c
++++ b/lang/c/src/avroappend.c
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+-#include <unistd.h>
++#include <io.h>
+ #endif
+
+ #include "avro.h"
+diff --git a/lang/c/src/codec.c b/lang/c/src/codec.c
+index 5b55b35..49789f2 100644
+--- a/lang/c/src/codec.c
++++ b/lang/c/src/codec.c
+@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ static int encode_deflate(avro_codec_t c, void * data, int64_t len)
+ s->next_in = (Bytef*)data;
+ s->avail_in = (uInt)len;
+
+- s->next_out = c->block_data;
++ s->next_out = (Bytef*)c->block_data;
+ s->avail_out = (uInt)c->block_size;
+
+ s->total_out = 0;
+@@ -313,10 +313,10 @@ static int decode_deflate(avro_codec_t c, void * data, int64_t len)
+
+ c->used_size = 0;
+
+- s->next_in = data;
++ s->next_in = (Bytef*)data;
+ s->avail_in = len;
+
+- s->next_out = c->block_data;
++ s->next_out = (Bytef*)c->block_data;
+ s->avail_out = c->block_size;
+
+ s->total_out = 0;
+@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static int decode_deflate(avro_codec_t c, void * data, int64_t len)
+ if (err == Z_BUF_ERROR)
+ {
+ c->block_data = avro_realloc(c->block_data, c->block_size, c->block_size * 2);
+- s->next_out = c->block_data + s->total_out;
++ s->next_out = (Bytef*)c->block_data + s->total_out;
+ s->avail_out += c->block_size;
+ c->block_size = c->block_size * 2;
+ }
+@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int encode_lzma(avro_codec_t codec, void * data, int64_t len)
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+- ret = lzma_raw_buffer_encode(filters, NULL, data, len, codec->block_data, &written, codec->block_size);
++ ret = lzma_raw_buffer_encode(filters, NULL, (const uint8_t*)data, len, (uint8_t*)codec->block_data, &written, codec->block_size);
+
+ codec->used_size = written;
+
+@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ static int decode_lzma(avro_codec_t codec, void * data, int64_t len)
+
+ do
+ {
+- ret = lzma_raw_buffer_decode(filters, NULL, data,
+- &read_pos, len, codec->block_data, &write_pos,
++ ret = lzma_raw_buffer_decode(filters, NULL, (const uint8_t*)data,
++ &read_pos, len, (uint8_t*)codec->block_data, &write_pos,
+ codec->block_size);
+
+ codec->used_size = write_pos;
+diff --git a/lang/c/src/schema.c b/lang/c/src/schema.c
+index 7b38900..50fa0db 100644
+--- a/lang/c/src/schema.c
++++ b/lang/c/src/schema.c
+@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static int is_avro_id(const char *name)
+ * namespace (as a newly allocated buffer using Avro's allocator). */
+ static char *split_namespace_name(const char *fullname, const char **name_out)
+ {
+- char *last_dot = strrchr(fullname, '.');
++ const char *last_dot = strrchr(fullname, '.');
+ if (last_dot == NULL) {
+ *name_out = fullname;
+ return NULL;
+@@ -770,12 +770,12 @@ avro_schema_t avro_schema_link_target(avro_schema_t schema)
+ }
+
+ static const char *
+-qualify_name(const char *name, const char *namespace)
++qualify_name(const char *name, const char *namespaceX)
+ {
+ char *full_name;
+- if (namespace != NULL && strchr(name, '.') == NULL) {
+- full_name = avro_str_alloc(strlen(name) + strlen(namespace) + 2);
+- sprintf(full_name, "%s.%s", namespace, name);
++ if (namespaceX != NULL && strchr(name, '.') == NULL) {
++ full_name = avro_str_alloc(strlen(name) + strlen(namespaceX) + 2);
++ sprintf(full_name, "%s.%s", namespaceX, name);
+ } else {
+ full_name = avro_strdup(name);
+ }
+@@ -786,20 +786,20 @@ static int
+ save_named_schemas(const avro_schema_t schema, st_table *st)
+ {
+ const char *name = avro_schema_name(schema);
+- const char *namespace = avro_schema_namespace(schema);
+- const char *full_name = qualify_name(name, namespace);
++ const char *namespaceX = avro_schema_namespace(schema);
++ const char *full_name = qualify_name(name, namespaceX);
+ int rval = st_insert(st, (st_data_t) full_name, (st_data_t) schema);
+ return rval;
+ }
+
+ static avro_schema_t
+-find_named_schemas(const char *name, const char *namespace, st_table *st)
++find_named_schemas(const char *name, const char *namespaceX, st_table *st)
+ {
+ union {
+ avro_schema_t schema;
+ st_data_t data;
+ } val;
+- const char *full_name = qualify_name(name, namespace);
++ const char *full_name = qualify_name(name, namespaceX);
+ int rval = st_lookup(st, (st_data_t) full_name, &(val.data));
+ avro_str_free((char *)full_name);
+ if (rval) {
+@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ find_named_schemas(const char *name, const char *namespace, st_table *st)
+ static int
+ avro_type_from_json_t(json_t *json, avro_type_t *type,
+ st_table *named_schemas, avro_schema_t *named_type,
+- const char *namespace)
++ const char *namespaceX)
+ {
+ json_t *json_type;
+ const char *type_str;
+@@ -863,7 +863,7 @@ avro_type_from_json_t(json_t *json, avro_type_t *type,
+ *type = AVRO_MAP;
+ } else if (strcmp(type_str, "fixed") == 0) {
+ *type = AVRO_FIXED;
+- } else if ((*named_type = find_named_schemas(type_str, namespace, named_schemas))) {
++ } else if ((*named_type = find_named_schemas(type_str, namespaceX, named_schemas))) {
+ *type = AVRO_LINK;
+ } else {
+ avro_set_error("Unknown Avro \"type\": %s", type_str);
+@@ -954,15 +954,15 @@ avro_schema_from_json_t(json_t *json, avro_schema_t *schema,
+ }
+
+ if (strchr(fullname, '.')) {
+- char *namespace = split_namespace_name(fullname, &name);
+- *schema = avro_schema_record(name, namespace);
+- avro_str_free(namespace);
++ char *namespaceX = split_namespace_name(fullname, &name);
++ *schema = avro_schema_record(name, namespaceX);
++ avro_str_free(namespaceX);
+ } else if (json_is_string(json_namespace)) {
+- const char *namespace = json_string_value(json_namespace);
+- if (strlen(namespace) == 0) {
+- namespace = NULL;
++ const char *namespaceX = json_string_value(json_namespace);
++ if (strlen(namespaceX) == 0) {
++ namespaceX = NULL;
+ }
+- *schema = avro_schema_record(fullname, namespace);
++ *schema = avro_schema_record(fullname, namespaceX);
+ } else {
+ *schema = avro_schema_record(fullname, parent_namespace);
+ }
+@@ -1053,16 +1053,16 @@ avro_schema_from_json_t(json_t *json, avro_schema_t *schema,
+ }
+
+ if (strchr(fullname, '.')) {
+- char *namespace;
+- namespace = split_namespace_name(fullname, &name);
+- *schema = avro_schema_enum_ns(name, namespace);
+- avro_str_free(namespace);
++ char *namespaceX;
++ namespaceX = split_namespace_name(fullname, &name);
++ *schema = avro_schema_enum_ns(name, namespaceX);
++ avro_str_free(namespaceX);
+ } else if (json_is_string(json_namespace)) {
+- const char *namespace = json_string_value(json_namespace);
+- if (strlen(namespace) == 0) {
+- namespace = NULL;
++ const char *namespaceX = json_string_value(json_namespace);
++ if (strlen(namespaceX) == 0) {
++ namespaceX = NULL;
+ }
+- *schema = avro_schema_enum_ns(fullname, namespace);
++ *schema = avro_schema_enum_ns(fullname, namespaceX);
+ } else {
+ *schema = avro_schema_enum_ns(fullname, parent_namespace);
+ }
+@@ -1190,16 +1190,16 @@ avro_schema_from_json_t(json_t *json, avro_schema_t *schema,
+ fullname = json_string_value(json_name);
+
+ if (strchr(fullname, '.')) {
+- char *namespace;
+- namespace = split_namespace_name(fullname, &name);
+- *schema = avro_schema_fixed_ns(name, namespace, (int64_t) size);
+- avro_str_free(namespace);
++ char *namespaceX;
++ namespaceX = split_namespace_name(fullname, &name);
++ *schema = avro_schema_fixed_ns(name, namespaceX, (int64_t) size);
++ avro_str_free(namespaceX);
+ } else if (json_is_string(json_namespace)) {
+- const char *namespace = json_string_value(json_namespace);
+- if (strlen(namespace) == 0) {
+- namespace = NULL;
++ const char *namespaceX = json_string_value(json_namespace);
++ if (strlen(namespaceX) == 0) {
++ namespaceX = NULL;
+ }
+- *schema = avro_schema_fixed_ns(fullname, namespace, (int64_t) size);
++ *schema = avro_schema_fixed_ns(fullname, namespaceX, (int64_t) size);
+ } else {
+ *schema = avro_schema_fixed_ns(fullname, parent_namespace, (int64_t) size);
+ }
+@@ -1821,9 +1821,9 @@ static int write_link(avro_writer_t out, const struct avro_link_schema_t *link,
+ {
+ int rval;
+ check(rval, avro_write_str(out, "\""));
+- const char *namespace = avro_schema_namespace(link->to);
+- if (namespace && nullstrcmp(namespace, parent_namespace)) {
+- check(rval, avro_write_str(out, namespace));
++ const char *namespaceX = avro_schema_namespace(link->to);
++ if (namespaceX && nullstrcmp(namespaceX, parent_namespace)) {
++ check(rval, avro_write_str(out, namespaceX));
+ check(rval, avro_write_str(out, "."));
+ }
+ check(rval, avro_write_str(out, avro_schema_name(link->to)));
+diff --git a/lang/c/tests/test_avro_data.c b/lang/c/tests/test_avro_data.c
+index 1da09e6..714d5d8 100644
+--- a/lang/c/tests/test_avro_data.c
++++ b/lang/c/tests/test_avro_data.c
+@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ avro_writer_t writer;
+
+ typedef int (*avro_test) (void);
+
++#ifdef _WIN32
++# define strcasecmp stricmp
++#endif
++
+ /*
+ * Use a custom allocator that verifies that the size that we use to
+ * free an object matches the size that we use to allocate it.
+@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ write_read_check(avro_schema_t writers_schema, avro_datum_t datum,
+ if (size != avro_writer_tell(writer)) {
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "Unable to calculate size %s validate=%d "
+- "(%"PRId64" != %"PRId64")\n %s\n",
++ "(%" PRId64 " != %" PRId64 ")\n %s\n",
+ type, validate, size, avro_writer_tell(writer),
+ avro_strerror());
+ exit(EXIT_FAILURE);