diff --git a/stb_image.h b/stb_image.h
index 59ee9fb..5b2c456 100644
--- a/stb_image.h
+++ b/stb_image.h
@@ -777,9 +777,12 @@ static int stbi__sse2_available(void)
 
 #ifdef STBI_NEON
 #include <arm_neon.h>
-// assume GCC or Clang on ARM targets
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define STBI_SIMD_ALIGN(type, name) __declspec(align(16)) type name
+#else
 #define STBI_SIMD_ALIGN(type, name) type name __attribute__((aligned(16)))
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifndef STBI_SIMD_ALIGN
 #define STBI_SIMD_ALIGN(type, name) type name