diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/qoflog.c b/src/libqof/qof/qoflog.c
index f47cd31573..33ee5a609b 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/qoflog.c
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/qoflog.c
@@ -158,8 +158,14 @@ qof_log_init_filename(const gchar* log_filename)
 
         if ((fd = g_mkstemp(fname)) != -1)
         {
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+            /* MSVC compiler: Somehow the OS thinks file descriptor from above
+             * still isn't open. So we open normally with the file name and that's it. */
+            fout = g_fopen(fname, "wb");
+#else
             g_rename(fname, log_filename);
             fout = fdopen(fd, "w");
+#endif
         }
         else
         {