diff --git a/mkspecs/features/winrt/package_manifest.prf b/mkspecs/features/winrt/package_manifest.prf
index 8f4a7a6eab..a00c84948c 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/winrt/package_manifest.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/winrt/package_manifest.prf
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@
                 VCLIBS = $${VCLIBS}.Debug
             else: \
                 VCLIBS = $${VCLIBS}
-            contains(MSVC_VER, "14.0"): VCLIBS = "$${VCLIBS}\" MinVersion=\"14.0.0.0\" Publisher=\"CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US"
+            # VS 2017 still uses vclibs 140
+            contains(MSVC_VER, "15.0"): VCLIBS = $$replace(VCLIBS, 150, 140)
+            VCLIBS = "$${VCLIBS}\" MinVersion=\"14.0.0.0\" Publisher=\"CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US"
             WINRT_MANIFEST.dependencies += $$VCLIBS
         }