diff --git a/include/wx/gdicmn.h b/include/wx/gdicmn.h
index 35f680adea..14b648b092 100644
--- a/include/wx/gdicmn.h
+++ b/include/wx/gdicmn.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ enum wxEllipsizeMode
 // macros
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#if defined(__WINDOWS__)
+#if defined(__WINDOWS__) && wxUSE_WXDIB
     #define wxHAS_IMAGES_IN_RESOURCES
 #endif
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ enum wxEllipsizeMode
     wxIcon *icon = new wxIcon(sample_xpm);    // On wxGTK/Linux
  */
 
-#ifdef __WINDOWS__
+#ifdef wxHAS_IMAGES_IN_RESOURCES
     // Load from a resource
     #define wxICON(X) wxIcon(wxT(#X))
 #elif defined(__WXDFB__)
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ enum wxEllipsizeMode
    under Unix bitmaps live in XPMs and under Windows they're in ressources.
  */
 
-#if defined(__WINDOWS__)
+#if defined(__WINDOWS__) && wxUSE_WXDIB
     #define wxBITMAP(name) wxBitmap(wxT(#name), wxBITMAP_TYPE_BMP_RESOURCE)
 #elif defined(__WXGTK__)   || \
       defined(__WXMOTIF__) || \
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ enum wxEllipsizeMode
 // resource type and under OS X the PNG file with the specified name must be
 // available in the resource subdirectory of the bundle. Elsewhere, this is
 // exactly the same thing as wxBITMAP_PNG_FROM_DATA() described above.
-#if defined(__WINDOWS__) || defined(__WXOSX__)
+#if (defined(__WINDOWS__) && wxUSE_WXDIB) || defined(__WXOSX__)
     #define wxBITMAP_PNG(name) wxBitmap(wxS(#name), wxBITMAP_TYPE_PNG_RESOURCE)
 #else
     #define wxBITMAP_PNG(name) wxBITMAP_PNG_FROM_DATA(name)