diff --git a/gst/y4m/y4menc.vcproj b/gst/y4m/y4menc.vcproj
index 73b7b05dd1..7251140ed9 100644
--- a/gst/y4m/y4menc.vcproj
+++ b/gst/y4m/y4menc.vcproj
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../gstreamer/win32;../../../gstreamer;../../../gstreamer/libs;../../../glib;../../../glib/glib;../../../glib/gmodule;&quot;../../gst-libs&quot;;../../../popt/include;../../../libxml2/include/libxml2"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;y4mencode_EXPORTS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_USE_MATH_DEFINES"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;GST_DISABLE_GST_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;y4mencode_EXPORTS;HAVE_CONFIG_H;_USE_MATH_DEFINES"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"