diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0bd8e3bd8ff..d3557d318d7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ elif host_machine.system() == 'sunos'
   pre_args += '-D__EXTENSIONS__'
 elif host_machine.system() == 'windows'
   pre_args += [
-    '-D_WINDOWS', '-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601', '-D_WINVER=0x0601',
+    '-D_WINDOWS', '-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601', '-DWINVER=0x0601',
     '-DPIPE_SUBSYSTEM_WINDOWS_USER',
     '-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES',  # XXX: scons doesn't use this for mingw
   ]