diff --git a/src/backends/generic/header/stb_image_write.h b/src/backends/generic/header/stb_image_write.h
index 38d1366b..fbfbd392 100644
--- a/src/backends/generic/header/stb_image_write.h
+++ b/src/backends/generic/header/stb_image_write.h
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int stbi__start_write_file(stbi__write_context *s, const char *filename)
    if (fopen_s(&f, filename, "wb"))
       f = NULL;
 #else
-   f = fopen(filename, "wb");
+   f = Q_fopen(filename, "wb");
 #endif
    stbi__start_write_callbacks(s, stbi__stdio_write, (void *) f);
    return f != NULL;
@@ -1108,7 +1108,7 @@ STBIWDEF int stbi_write_png(char const *filename, int x, int y, int comp, const
    if (fopen_s(&f, filename, "wb"))
       f = NULL;
 #else
-   f = fopen(filename, "wb");
+   f = Q_fopen(filename, "wb");
 #endif
    if (!f) { STBIW_FREE(png); return 0; }
    fwrite(png, 1, len, f);