diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index ad505364bda9da..83f411e38eb609 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -570,6 +570,9 @@ extern __declspec(dllimport) char * __pioinfo[];
 int
 _PyVerify_fd(int fd)
 {
+#if (_MSC_VER >= 1900) //VS2015+
+    return 1; //rely on other error checking, as __pioinfo is no  longer exported
+#else
     const int i1 = fd >> IOINFO_L2E;
     const int i2 = fd & ((1 << IOINFO_L2E) - 1);
 
@@ -602,6 +605,7 @@ _PyVerify_fd(int fd)
   fail:
     errno = EBADF;
     return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 /* the special case of checking dup2.  The target fd must be in a sensible range */
diff --git a/Modules/timemodule.c b/Modules/timemodule.c
index 12c43b08fe4a81..88cc958960b0ac 100644
--- a/Modules/timemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timemodule.c
@@ -705,7 +705,18 @@ inittimezone(PyObject *m) {
 
     And I'm lazy and hate C so nyer.
      */
-#if defined(HAVE_TZNAME) && !defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(HAVE_TZNAME) && (_MSC_VER >= 1900) //VS2015+
+    tzset();
+    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "timezone", _timezone);
+#ifdef HAVE_ALTZONE
+    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "altzone", altzone);
+#else
+    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "altzone", _timezone-3600);
+#endif
+    PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "daylight", _daylight);
+    PyModule_AddObject(m, "tzname",
+                       Py_BuildValue("(zz)", _tzname[0], _tzname[1]));
+#elif defined(HAVE_TZNAME) && !defined(__GLIBC__) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
     tzset();
 #ifdef PYOS_OS2
     PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "timezone", _timezone);