diff --git a/lib/Makefile.Watcom b/lib/Makefile.Watcom
index 46b6ec9ac26183e18d54a836803a81d692173bf0..0ae01799a7be4484bfec5c6bc7d1f2d13b0cceaf 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.Watcom
+++ b/lib/Makefile.Watcom
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ CFLAGS += -d0
 CFLAGS += -d_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501 -dENABLE_IPV6
 !endif
 
+!ifdef %use_sspi
+CFLAGS += -dUSE_WINDOWS_SSPI
+!endif
+
 #
 # Change to suite.
 #