diff --git a/include/wx/msw/wince/missing.h b/include/wx/msw/wince/missing.h
index 6ae6ab26b7..698fd43d12 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/wince/missing.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/wince/missing.h
@@ -119,5 +119,9 @@ bsearch(const void *key, const void *base, size_t num, size_t size,
 #define O_TEXT         0x4000  /* file mode is text (translated) */
 #define O_BINARY       0x8000  /* file mode is binary (untranslated) */
 
+#ifndef SS_SUNKEN
+    #define SS_SUNKEN 0x00001000L
+#endif
+
 #endif // _WX_CE_MISSING_H_
 
diff --git a/src/msw/statline.cpp b/src/msw/statline.cpp
index a06913774a..3b896d882f 100644
--- a/src/msw/statline.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/statline.cpp
@@ -32,10 +32,7 @@
 #if wxUSE_STATLINE
 
 #include "wx/msw/private.h"
-
-#ifndef SS_SUNKEN
-    #define SS_SUNKEN 0x00001000L
-#endif
+#include "wx/msw/missing.h"
 
 // ============================================================================
 // implementation