diff --git a/src-self-hosted/translate_c.zig b/src-self-hosted/translate_c.zig
index 5b91ec6a4..80bf3b561 100644
--- a/src-self-hosted/translate_c.zig
+++ b/src-self-hosted/translate_c.zig
@@ -811,13 +811,10 @@ fn transRecordDecl(c: *Context, record_decl: *const ZigClangRecordDecl) Error!?*
 
             var is_anon = false;
             var raw_name = try c.str(ZigClangNamedDecl_getName_bytes_begin(@ptrCast(*const ZigClangNamedDecl, field_decl)));
-            if (ZigClangFieldDecl_isAnonymousStructOrUnion(field_decl)) {
+            if (ZigClangFieldDecl_isAnonymousStructOrUnion(field_decl) or (std.Target.current.abi == .msvc and raw_name.len == 0)) {
                 raw_name = try std.fmt.allocPrint(c.a(), "unnamed_{}", .{c.getMangle()});
                 is_anon = true;
             }
-            if (raw_name.len == 0) {
-                continue;
-            }
             const field_name = try appendIdentifier(c, raw_name);
             _ = try appendToken(c, .Colon, ":");
             const field_type = transQualType(rp, field_qt, field_loc) catch |err| switch (err) {