diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 507c9730095..765cc4b9ad3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1102,7 +1102,18 @@ elif host_machine.system() == 'windows'
       '-DNOMINMAX',
     ]
   else
-    pre_args += ['-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x0700']
+    # When the target is not mingw/ucrt
+    # NOTE: clang's stddef.h are conflict with mingw/ucrt's stddef.h
+    # So do not include headers that defined in clang for detecting
+    # _UCRT
+    if cc.compiles('''
+      #include <string.h>
+      #if defined(__MINGW32__) && defined(_UCRT)
+      #error
+      #endif
+      int main(void) { return 0; }''')
+      pre_args += ['-D__MSVCRT_VERSION__=0x0700']
+    endif
   endif
 elif host_machine.system() == 'openbsd'
   pre_args += '-D_ISOC11_SOURCE'