diff --git a/src/misc/extra/extraUtilFile.c b/src/misc/extra/extraUtilFile.c
index 6585b7a72..480280f3c 100644
--- a/src/misc/extra/extraUtilFile.c
+++ b/src/misc/extra/extraUtilFile.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 #define PATH_MAX MAX_PATH
 #else
 #include <limits.h>
+#  ifndef PATH_MAX
+#    define PATH_MAX 4096
+#  endif
 #endif
 
 #include "extra.h"