diff --git a/include/xlsxwriter/common.h b/include/xlsxwriter/common.h

index 62f9c61..4856ab6 100644

--- a/include/xlsxwriter/common.h

+++ b/include/xlsxwriter/common.h

@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@

#endif

+#ifndef DEPRECATED

#if __GNUC__ >= 5

#define DEPRECATED(func, msg) func __attribute__ ((deprecated(msg)))

#elif defined(_MSC_VER)

#define DEPRECATED(func, msg) __declspec(deprecated, msg) func

#else

#define DEPRECATED(func, msg) func

#endif

+#endif

/** Integer data type to represent a row value. Equivalent to `uint32_t`.

*