diff --git a/clang/lib/Headers/stddef.h b/clang/lib/Headers/stddef.h
--- a/clang/lib/Headers/stddef.h
+++ b/clang/lib/Headers/stddef.h
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 #endif /* defined(__need_STDDEF_H_misc) */
 
 #if defined(__need_wchar_t)
-#ifndef __cplusplus
+#if !defined(__cplusplus) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && !_NATIVE_WCHAR_T_DEFINED)
 /* Always define wchar_t when modules are available. */
 #if !defined(_WCHAR_T) || __has_feature(modules)
 #if !__has_feature(modules)
diff --git a/clang/test/Headers/ms-no-wchar.cpp b/clang/test/Headers/ms-no-wchar.cpp
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/Headers/ms-no-wchar.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// RUN: %clang_cc1 -fsyntax-only -triple x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -fms-compatibility-version=17.00 -fno-wchar %s
+// MSVC defines wchar_t instead of using the builtin if /Zc:wchar_t- is passed
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+wchar_t c;