diff --git a/src/stdafx.h b/src/stdafx.h
index d68605c196..13bc9685d2 100644
--- a/src/stdafx.h
+++ b/src/stdafx.h
@@ -514,4 +514,15 @@ static inline void free(const void *ptr)
 	#define IGNORE_UNINITIALIZED_WARNING_STOP
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Conditional define for the override keyword.
+ * Use of the override keyword can prevent various types of problems when the base method signature is changed, but derived overriding methods are not
+ * This is conditional to maintain compatibility with legacy compilers
+ */
+#if __cplusplus >= 201103L || defined(__STDCXX_VERSION__) || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__) || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CPP0X__)
+	#define OVERRIDE override
+#else
+	#define OVERRIDE
+#endif
+
 #endif /* STDAFX_H */