diff --git a/src/plugin_winamp2/tagz.h b/src/plugin_winamp2/tagz.h
index d2e95fc5..08622932 100644
--- a/src/plugin_winamp2/tagz.h
+++ b/src/plugin_winamp2/tagz.h
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ typedef unsigned int UINT;
 #endif
 
 #ifdef TAGZ_UNICODE
+#if _MSC_VER <= 1200
 typedef unsigned short T_CHAR;
 #else
+typedef wchar_t T_CHAR;
+#endif
+#else
 #define T_CHAR char
 #endif