diff --git a/src/tiff/libtiff/tif_config.h b/src/tiff/libtiff/tif_config.h
index 6b0b0f197c..631537ffe2 100644
--- a/src/tiff/libtiff/tif_config.h
+++ b/src/tiff/libtiff/tif_config.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#ifndef __BORLANDC__ 
+#if !defined (__BORLANDC__) && !defined (__WATCOMC__)
    #define lfind _lfind
 #endif