diff --git a/programs/Makefile b/programs/Makefile
index 8b080d446..2460a091f 100644
--- a/programs/Makefile
+++ b/programs/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ endif
 
 CPPFLAGS+= -I$(ZSTDDIR) -I$(ZSTDDIR)/common -I$(ZSTDDIR)/compress \
            -I$(ZSTDDIR)/dictBuilder \
+           -DZSTD_NEWAPI \
            -DXXH_NAMESPACE=ZSTD_   # because xxhash.o already compiled with this macro from library
 CFLAGS  ?= -O3
 DEBUGFLAGS = -Wall -Wextra -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wshadow \