diff --git a/Makefile.common b/Makefile.common
index df0b67ba59..5144f961bb 100644
--- a/Makefile.common
+++ b/Makefile.common
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ ifeq ($(SCALER_NO_SIMD), 1)
    DEFINES += -DSCALER_NO_SIMD
 endif
 
-ifdef HAVE_COMPRESSION
-   DEFINES += -DHAVE_COMPRESSION
-endif 
 
 ifeq ($(HAVE_PRESERVE_DYLIB),1)
    DEFINES += -DNO_DLCLOSE
@@ -604,6 +601,10 @@ ifeq ($(HAVE_FFMPEG), 1)
 	DEFINES += -DHAVE_FFMPEG -Iffmpeg
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(HAVE_COMPRESSION), 1)
+   DEFINES += -DHAVE_COMPRESSION
+endif 
+
 # Joyconfig / RetroLaunch binaries
 
 JOYCONFIG_OBJ += tools/retroarch-joyconfig.o \