diff --git a/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c b/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
index e0bf8a614e5..07b66e12283 100644
--- a/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
+++ b/ext/xmlwriter/php_xmlwriter.c
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ static zend_function_entry xmlwriter_functions[] = {
 /* }}} */
 
 #ifdef ZEND_ENGINE_2
+#if (PHP_MINOR_VERSION < 2) && (PHP_MAJOR_VERSION == 5)
+#undef  PHP_ME_MAPPING
+#define PHP_ME_MAPPING(name, func_name, arg_types, flags) ZEND_ME_MAPPING(name, func_name, arg_types)
+#endif
 /* {{{ xmlwriter_class_functions */
 static zend_function_entry xmlwriter_class_functions[] = {
 	PHP_ME_MAPPING(openUri,		xmlwriter_open_uri,		NULL, 0)