diff --git a/src/burner/win32/burner_win32.h b/src/burner/win32/burner_win32.h
index 687446874..63a8f346a 100644
--- a/src/burner/win32/burner_win32.h
+++ b/src/burner/win32/burner_win32.h
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+// silence warnings with GCC 4.6.1
+#undef _WIN32_WINDOWS
+#undef _WIN32_IE
+#undef _WIN32_WINNT
+#undef WINVER
+#endif
+
 #define _WIN32_WINDOWS 0x0410
 //#define _WIN32_WINNT 0x0400
 #define _WIN32_IE 0x0500