diff --git a/modules/highgui/src/window_w32.cpp b/modules/highgui/src/window_w32.cpp
index 97527345a5..23aa02aad9 100644
--- a/modules/highgui/src/window_w32.cpp
+++ b/modules/highgui/src/window_w32.cpp
@@ -1363,7 +1363,9 @@ MainWindowProc( HWND hwnd, UINT uMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam )
         break;
 
     case WM_MOUSEWHEEL:
+#if defined WM_MOUSEHWHEEL
     case WM_MOUSEHWHEEL:
+#endif
        if( window->on_mouse )
        {
           int flags = (wParam & MK_LBUTTON      ? CV_EVENT_FLAG_LBUTTON  : 0)|