diff --git a/compiler.h b/compiler.h
index 62425c823..de7c0e4f0 100644
--- a/compiler.h
+++ b/compiler.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *
  *   
- *   Copyright 2007-2009 The NASM Authors - All Rights Reserved
+ *   Copyright 2007-2016 The NASM Authors - All Rights Reserved
  *   See the file AUTHORS included with the NASM distribution for
  *   the specific copyright holders.
  *
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
 #ifndef NASM_COMPILER_H
 #define NASM_COMPILER_H 1
 
+#ifdef __DJGPP__
+/* DJGPP has header file problems if __STRICT_ANSI__ is defined */
+# undef __STRICT_ANSI__
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 # include "config.h"
 /* autoconf doesn't define these if they are redundant, but we want to