diff --git a/external/libusb/libusb.vcxproj b/external/libusb/libusb.vcxproj
index ddd33f5c..82b971d8 100644
--- a/external/libusb/libusb.vcxproj
+++ b/external/libusb/libusb.vcxproj
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
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       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;LOG_APPNAME="avrdude";WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;LOG_APPNAME="avrdude";WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;LOG_APPNAME="avrdude";_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;LOG_APPNAME="avrdude";NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <ConformanceMode>true</ConformanceMode>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>