diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp
index d08f6cb59..086d0a8f7 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/platform/common/platform_common.cpp
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@
 
 #endif
 
-#ifndef S_ISDIR
-
-#define S_ISDIR(mode) ((mode) & _S_IFDIR)
+#ifdef WIN32
+ #define S_ISDIR(mode) ((mode) & _S_IFDIR)
+#elif defined(__GNUC__)
 
+#else
+#error "Your compiler needs to support S_IFDIR!"
 #endif
 
 #include <iostream>