--- consio.cpp
+++ consio.cpp
@@ -108,7 +108,13 @@
   DWORD Written;
   WriteConsole(hOut,Msg,(DWORD)wcslen(Msg),&Written,NULL);
 #else
+#if !defined(VFWPRINTF_WORKAROUND_REQUIRED)
   vfwprintf(dest,fmtw,arglist);
+#else
+  char fmtc[2048];
+  WideToChar(fmtw,fmtc,ASIZE(fmtc));
+  vfprintf(dest, fmtc, arglist);
+#endif
   // We do not use setbuf(NULL) in Unix (see comments in InitConsole).
   fflush(dest);
 #endif