diff --git a/desmume/src/types.h b/desmume/src/types.h
index 474c097d6..8c5c49324 100644
--- a/desmume/src/types.h
+++ b/desmume/src/types.h
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #include <limits.h>
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+#define MAX_PATH 1024
+#else
 #define MAX_PATH PATH_MAX
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #define ALIGN(X) __declspec(align(X))