diff --git a/src/opts/SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSSE3.cpp b/src/opts/SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSSE3.cpp
index 07b3171c6a..17d7da931a 100644
--- a/src/opts/SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSSE3.cpp
+++ b/src/opts/SkBitmapProcState_opts_SSSE3.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 #include "SkPaint.h"
 #include "SkUtils.h"
 
+/* With the exception of the compilers that don't support it, we always build the
+ * SSSE3 functions and enable the caller to determine SSSE3 support.  However for
+ * compilers that do not support SSSE3 we provide a stub implementation.
+ */
+#if SK_CPU_SSE_LEVEL >= SK_CPU_SSE_LEVEL_SSSE3
+
+#include <tmmintrin.h>  // SSSE3
+
 // adding anonymous namespace seemed to force gcc to inline directly the
 // instantiation, instead of creating the functions
 // S32_generic_D32_filter_DX_SSSE3<true> and
@@ -723,3 +731,31 @@ void S32_alpha_D32_filter_DXDY_SSSE3(const SkBitmapProcState& s,
                                      int count, uint32_t* colors) {
     S32_generic_D32_filter_DXDY_SSSE3<true>(s, xy, count, colors);
 }
+
+#else // SK_CPU_SSE_LEVEL >= SK_CPU_SSE_LEVEL_SSSE3
+
+void S32_opaque_D32_filter_DX_SSSE3(const SkBitmapProcState& s,
+                                    const uint32_t* xy,
+                                    int count, uint32_t* colors) {
+    sk_throw();
+}
+
+void S32_alpha_D32_filter_DX_SSSE3(const SkBitmapProcState& s,
+                                   const uint32_t* xy,
+                                   int count, uint32_t* colors) {
+    sk_throw();
+}
+
+void S32_opaque_D32_filter_DXDY_SSSE3(const SkBitmapProcState& s,
+                                      const uint32_t* xy,
+                                      int count, uint32_t* colors) {
+    sk_throw();
+}
+
+void S32_alpha_D32_filter_DXDY_SSSE3(const SkBitmapProcState& s,
+                                     const uint32_t* xy,
+                                     int count, uint32_t* colors) {
+    sk_throw();
+}
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/opts/SkBlitRow_opts_SSE4.cpp b/src/opts/SkBlitRow_opts_SSE4.cpp
index 7afb1e78e8..e5d880904e 100644
--- a/src/opts/SkBlitRow_opts_SSE4.cpp
+++ b/src/opts/SkBlitRow_opts_SSE4.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@
  */
 
 #include "SkBlitRow_opts_SSE4.h"
+
+// Some compilers can't compile SSSE3 or SSE4 intrinsics.  We give them stub methods.
+// The stubs should never be called, so we make them crash just to confirm that.
+#if SK_CPU_SSE_LEVEL < SK_CPU_SSE_LEVEL_SSE41
+void S32A_Opaque_BlitRow32_SSE4(SkPMColor* SK_RESTRICT, const SkPMColor* SK_RESTRICT, int, U8CPU) {
+    sk_throw();
+}
+
+#else
+
+#include <smmintrin.h>      // SSE4.1 intrinsics
 #include "SkColorPriv.h"
 #include "SkColor_opts_SSE2.h"
 #include "SkMSAN.h"
@@ -59,3 +70,5 @@ void S32A_Opaque_BlitRow32_SSE4(SkPMColor* SK_RESTRICT dst,
         }
     }
 }
+
+#endif