diff --git a/src/include/stddef.h b/src/include/stddef.h
index 6f91d219..11ea9345 100644
--- a/src/include/stddef.h
+++ b/src/include/stddef.h
@@ -15,4 +15,10 @@
 	const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);    \
 	(type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
 
+/* __WCHAR_TYPE__ is defined by gcc and will change if -fshort-wchar is used */
+#ifndef __WCHAR_TYPE__
+#define __WCHAR_TYPE__ long int
+#endif
+typedef __WCHAR_TYPE__ wchar_t;
+
 #endif /* STDDEF_H */