diff --git a/base/include/android-base/stringprintf.h b/base/include/android-base/stringprintf.h
index cf666abe0..1fd6297fd 100644
--- a/base/include/android-base/stringprintf.h
+++ b/base/include/android-base/stringprintf.h
@@ -28,27 +28,27 @@ namespace base {
 // if the mingw version of vsnprintf is used, use `gnu_printf' which allows z
 // in %zd and PRIu64 (and related) to be recognized by the compile-time
 // checking.
-#define FORMAT_ARCHETYPE __printf__
+#define ANDROID_BASE_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE __printf__
 #ifdef __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO
 #if __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO
-#undef FORMAT_ARCHETYPE
-#define FORMAT_ARCHETYPE gnu_printf
+#undef ANDROID_BASE_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE
+#define ANDROID_BASE_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE gnu_printf
 #endif
 #endif
 
 // Returns a string corresponding to printf-like formatting of the arguments.
 std::string StringPrintf(const char* fmt, ...)
-    __attribute__((__format__(FORMAT_ARCHETYPE, 1, 2)));
+    __attribute__((__format__(ANDROID_BASE_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE, 1, 2)));
 
 // Appends a printf-like formatting of the arguments to 'dst'.
 void StringAppendF(std::string* dst, const char* fmt, ...)
-    __attribute__((__format__(FORMAT_ARCHETYPE, 2, 3)));
+    __attribute__((__format__(ANDROID_BASE_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE, 2, 3)));
 
 // Appends a printf-like formatting of the arguments to 'dst'.
 void StringAppendV(std::string* dst, const char* format, va_list ap)
-    __attribute__((__format__(FORMAT_ARCHETYPE, 2, 0)));
+    __attribute__((__format__(ANDROID_BASE_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE, 2, 0)));
 
-#undef FORMAT_ARCHETYPE
+#undef ANDROID_BASE_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE
 
 }  // namespace base
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/fastboot/fastboot.h b/fastboot/fastboot.h
index e3c60ae16..f4faa213c 100644
--- a/fastboot/fastboot.h
+++ b/fastboot/fastboot.h
@@ -75,7 +75,22 @@ void fb_set_active(const char *slot);
 /* util stuff */
 double now();
 char *mkmsg(const char *fmt, ...);
-__attribute__((__noreturn__)) void die(const char *fmt, ...);
+
+// These printf-like functions are implemented in terms of vsnprintf, so they
+// use the same attribute for compile-time format string checking. On Windows,
+// if the mingw version of vsnprintf is used, use `gnu_printf' which allows z
+// in %zd and PRIu64 (and related) to be recognized by the compile-time
+// checking.
+#define FASTBOOT_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE __printf__
+#ifdef __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO
+#if __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO
+#undef FASTBOOT_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE
+#define FASTBOOT_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE gnu_printf
+#endif
+#endif
+void die(const char* fmt, ...) __attribute__((__noreturn__))
+__attribute__((__format__(FASTBOOT_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE, 1, 2)));
+#undef FASTBOOT_FORMAT_ARCHETYPE
 
 /* Current product */
 extern char cur_product[FB_RESPONSE_SZ + 1];