diff --git a/subsurface-core/libdivecomputer.h b/subsurface-core/libdivecomputer.h
index 79817e509..f52f6959a 100644
--- a/subsurface-core/libdivecomputer.h
+++ b/subsurface-core/libdivecomputer.h
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 
 /* libdivecomputer */
+
+#ifdef DC_VERSION /* prevent a warning with wingdi.h */
+#undef DC_VERSION
+#endif
 #include <libdivecomputer/version.h>
 #include <libdivecomputer/device.h>
 #include <libdivecomputer/parser.h>