diff --git a/include/begin_code.h b/include/begin_code.h
index cbfc14d8e..61b8250d1 100644
--- a/include/begin_code.h
+++ b/include/begin_code.h
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@
 #define __inline__
 #endif
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define SDL_FORCE_INLINE __forceinline
+#elif defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
+#define SDL_FORCE_INLINE __attribute__((always_inline)) static inline
+#else
+#define SDL_FORCE_INLINE static __inline__
+#endif
+
 /* Apparently this is needed by several Windows compilers */
 #if !defined(__MACH__)
 #ifndef NULL