diff --git a/src/missing.c b/src/missing.c
index e5be3950fcbc0b7e5d5f18a753265e32e97929d1..8358c593e3c89963172dc2072e93c037998a9d1b 100644
--- a/src/missing.c
+++ b/src/missing.c
@@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ vlm_message_t *vlm_MessageNew (const char *a, const char *fmt, ...)
     return vlm_MessageSimpleNew (a);
 }
 
+#undef vlm_New
 vlm_t *vlm_New (vlc_object_t *obj)
 {
      msg_Err (obj, "VLM not compiled-in!");