diff --git a/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel.cpp b/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel.cpp
index 1559b0d7322..72dbbd9a416 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #    define __KERNEL_SSE41__
 #  endif
 #  ifdef __AVX__
+#    define __KERNEL_SSE__
 #    define __KERNEL_AVX__
 #  endif
 #  ifdef __AVX2__
diff --git a/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel_avx.cpp b/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel_avx.cpp
index 533ab46b741..1350d9e5c2e 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel_avx.cpp
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/kernels/cpu/kernel_avx.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  
 /* SSE optimization disabled for now on 32 bit, see bug #36316 */
 #if !(defined(__GNUC__) && (defined(i386) || defined(_M_IX86)))
+#  define __KERNEL_SSE__
 #  define __KERNEL_SSE2__
 #  define __KERNEL_SSE3__
 #  define __KERNEL_SSSE3__