diff --git a/tools/patch-vst3-sdk.sh b/tools/patch-vst3-sdk.sh
index dcd2387f..9a0e7036 100755
--- a/tools/patch-vst3-sdk.sh
+++ b/tools/patch-vst3-sdk.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ replace_char16 "using Converter = std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<c
 # version here is trying to do something funky
 sed -i 's/\b__MINGW32__\b/__NOPE__/g' "$sdk_directory/pluginterfaces/base/funknown.cpp"
 
+# The string conversion functions in the VST3 SDK itself are not mingw aware and
+# will thus use the wrong string types since we're not compiling with MSVC
+# TODO: Figure out if this is actually needed
+sed -i 's/^#if defined(_MSC_VER) && .\+$/#if __WINE__/' "$sdk_directory/public.sdk/source/vst/utility/stringconvert.cpp"
+
 # Use the proper `<filesystem>` header instead of the experimental one
 # TODO: Check if <filesystem> now works with Winelib, or replace with Boost
 sed -i 's/^#if _HAS_CXX17 && defined(_MSC_VER)$/#if 1/' "$sdk_directory/public.sdk/source/vst/hosting/module_win32.cpp"