diff --git a/glib/gmacros.h b/glib/gmacros.h
index 08f4035d9..4ad57da36 100644
--- a/glib/gmacros.h
+++ b/glib/gmacros.h
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #if    __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 5)
-#define G_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) __attribute__((deprecated("Use '" #f "' instead")))
+#define G_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) __attribute__((__deprecated__("Use '" #f "' instead")))
 #elif defined(_MSC_FULL_VER) && (_MSC_FULL_VER > 140050320)
 #define G_DEPRECATED_FOR(f) __declspec(deprecated("is deprecated. Use '" #f "' instead"))
 #else