diff --git a/src/frontend/wdisp/windisp.c b/src/frontend/wdisp/windisp.c
index 8d0818861..d4a693145 100644
--- a/src/frontend/wdisp/windisp.c
+++ b/src/frontend/wdisp/windisp.c
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * Holger Vogt  05.12.07
  */
 
-#define STRICT
 #include "ngspice/ngspice.h"
 
 #ifdef HAS_WINDOWS
@@ -27,6 +26,7 @@
  */
 #undef BOOLEAN
 
+#define STRICT
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <windowsx.h>
 #include "ngspice/suffix.h"
diff --git a/src/frontend/wdisp/winprint.c b/src/frontend/wdisp/winprint.c
index 102fa73cb..60da9cabe 100644
--- a/src/frontend/wdisp/winprint.c
+++ b/src/frontend/wdisp/winprint.c
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
  * Holger Vogt 07.12.01
  */
 
-#define STRICT
 #include "ngspice/ngspice.h"
 
 #ifdef HAS_WINDOWS
@@ -23,6 +22,7 @@
  */
 #undef BOOLEAN
 
+#define STRICT
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <windowsx.h>