diff --git a/src/crc32.c b/src/crc32.c
index ca5b5fed..1d6d09fc 100644
--- a/src/crc32.c
+++ b/src/crc32.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include "ue2common.h"
 #include "util/arch.h"
 
-#if !defined(HAVE_SSE42)
+#if (!defined(HAVE_SSE42)) || defined(VS_SIMDE_BACKEND)
 
 /***
  *** What follows is derived from Intel's Slicing-by-8 CRC32 impl, which is BSD
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ u32 crc32c_sb8_64_bit(u32 running_crc, const unsigned char* p_buf,
 
 // Externally visible function
 u32 Crc32c_ComputeBuf(u32 inCrc32, const void *buf, size_t bufLen) {
-#if defined(HAVE_SSE42)
+#if defined(HAVE_SSE42) && (!defined(VS_SIMDE_BACKEND))
     u32 crc = crc32c_sse42(inCrc32, (const unsigned char *)buf, bufLen);
 #else
     u32 crc = crc32c_sb8_64_bit(inCrc32, (const unsigned char *)buf, bufLen);