diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
index 408d09532b..99a7c1c929 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@
 #include <qpa/qplatformservices.h>
 
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
+#if defined(_WIN32_IE)
+#  undef _WIN32_IE
+#endif
 #  define _WIN32_IE 0x0500
 #  include <qt_windows.h>
 #  include <commctrl.h>