diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cc96dc1249..bc6d79aef3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ mswin_flags = ['-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0602', '-DWINVER=0x0602', '-DUNICODE',
                '-DCOBJMACROS', '-DINITGUID', '-DNOMINMAX',
                '-D_USE_MATH_DEFINES', '-DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN',
                '-D_CRT_DECLARE_NONSTDC_NAMES', '-D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_WARNINGS',
-               '-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS']
+               '-D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS', '-DWINRT_NO_SOURCE_LOCATION']
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
     flags += [mswin_flags]