diff --git a/upb/port_def.inc b/upb/port_def.inc
index 0650920045..3e0a7f4d81 100644
--- a/upb/port_def.inc
+++ b/upb/port_def.inc
@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@
 #endif
 
 /* Hints to the compiler about likely/unlikely branches. */
+#ifdef __GNUC__
 #define UPB_LIKELY(x) __builtin_expect((x),1)
+#define UPB_UNLIKELY(x) __builtin_expect((x),0)
+#else
+#define UPB_LIKELY(x) (x)
+#define UPB_UNLIKELY(x) (x)
+#endif
 
 /* Define UPB_BIG_ENDIAN manually if you're on big endian and your compiler
  * doesn't provide these preprocessor symbols. */