diff --git a/src/dsp/dsp.h b/src/dsp/dsp.h
index 41d48a88..0852f616 100644
--- a/src/dsp/dsp.h
+++ b/src/dsp/dsp.h
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ extern "C" {
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // CPU detection
 
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+# define LOCAL_GCC_VERSION ((__GNUC__ << 8) | __GNUC_MINOR__)
+# define LOCAL_GCC_PREREQ(maj, min) \
+    (LOCAL_GCC_VERSION >= (((maj) << 8) | (min)))
+#else
+# define LOCAL_GCC_PREREQ(maj, min) 0
+#endif
+
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER > 1310 && \
     (defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_IX86))
 #define WEBP_MSC_SSE2  // Visual C++ SSE2 targets
diff --git a/src/dsp/lossless_neon.c b/src/dsp/lossless_neon.c
index 680bcfe2..d0ae21c9 100644
--- a/src/dsp/lossless_neon.c
+++ b/src/dsp/lossless_neon.c
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Colorspace conversion functions
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
-#define LOCAL_GCC_VERSION ((__GNUC__ << 8) | __GNUC_MINOR__)
-#endif
-
-#if defined(LOCAL_GCC_VERSION) && (LOCAL_GCC_VERSION >= 0x408)
+#if LOCAL_GCC_PREREQ(4,8)
 // gcc 4.6.0 had some trouble (NDK-r9) with this code. We only use it for
 // gcc-4.8.x at least.
 static void ConvertBGRAToRGBA(const uint32_t* src,