diff --git a/desmume/src/matrix.h b/desmume/src/matrix.h
index a9ec857ea..9478fab4c 100644
--- a/desmume/src/matrix.h
+++ b/desmume/src/matrix.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ FORCEINLINE void memset_u16_le(void* dst, u16 val)
 	T1WriteWord((u8*)&u32val,2,val);
 	////const __m128i temp = _mm_set_epi32(u32val,u32val,u32val,u32val);
 	
-#ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 	const __m128i temp = _mm_set_epi32(u32val,u32val,u32val,u32val);
 	MACRODO_N(NUM/8,_mm_store_si128((__m128i*)((u8*)dst+(X)*16), temp));
 #else
diff --git a/desmume/src/types.h b/desmume/src/types.h
index 27c6e28f6..0fc41753c 100644
--- a/desmume/src/types.h
+++ b/desmume/src/types.h
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@
 #define ENABLE_SSE2
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+#ifdef __SSE__
+#define ENABLE_SSE
+#endif
+#ifdef __SSE2__
+#define ENABLE_SSE2
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifdef NOSSE
 #undef ENABLE_SSE
 #endif