diff --git a/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_MSC_defs.mk b/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_MSC_defs.mk
index 396163c90f38..7590a7bd1882 100644
--- a/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_MSC_defs.mk
+++ b/solenv/gbuild/platform/com_MSC_defs.mk
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ gb_COMPILERDEFS := \
 	-D_MT \
 	-D_DLL \
 	-DCPPU_ENV=$(gb_CPPU_ENV) \
+	$(if $(findstring 120_70,$(VCVER)_$(WINDOWS_SDK_VERSION)),-D_USING_V110_SDK71_) \
 
 ifeq ($(CPUNAME),INTEL)
 gb_COMPILERDEFS += \