diff --git a/dtool/Config.Irix.pp b/dtool/Config.Irix.pp
index bf167dfc87..86d556e4b8 100644
--- a/dtool/Config.Irix.pp
+++ b/dtool/Config.Irix.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 // Does the C++ compiler support ios::binary?
 #define HAVE_IOS_BINARY
 
+// How about the typename keyword?
+#define HAVE_TYPENAME 1
+
 // Will the compiler avoid inserting extra bytes in structs between a
 // base struct and its derived structs?  It is safe to define this
 // false if you don't know, but if you know that you can get away with
diff --git a/dtool/Config.Linux.pp b/dtool/Config.Linux.pp
index 56df1237e2..80823fc1aa 100644
--- a/dtool/Config.Linux.pp
+++ b/dtool/Config.Linux.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 // Does the C++ compiler support ios::binary?
 #define HAVE_IOS_BINARY 1
 
+// How about the typename keyword?
+#define HAVE_TYPENAME 1
+
 // Will the compiler avoid inserting extra bytes in structs between a
 // base struct and its derived structs?  It is safe to define this
 // false if you don't know, but if you know that you can get away with
diff --git a/dtool/Config.Win32.pp b/dtool/Config.Win32.pp
index 8b2bc1e05e..536ba5a598 100644
--- a/dtool/Config.Win32.pp
+++ b/dtool/Config.Win32.pp
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 // Does the C++ compiler support ios::binary?
 #define HAVE_IOS_BINARY 1
 
+// How about the typename keyword?
+#define HAVE_TYPENAME 1
+
 // Will the compiler avoid inserting extra bytes in structs between a
 // base struct and its derived structs?  It is safe to define this
 // false if you don't know, but if you know that you can get away with
diff --git a/dtool/LocalSetup.pp b/dtool/LocalSetup.pp
index b8babccf29..9f997cebfc 100644
--- a/dtool/LocalSetup.pp
+++ b/dtool/LocalSetup.pp
@@ -137,6 +137,9 @@ $[cdefine HAVE_NAMESPACE]
 /* Define if the C++ iostream library supports ios::binary.  */
 $[cdefine HAVE_IOS_BINARY]
 
+/* Define if the C++ compiler supports the typename keyword.  */
+$[cdefine HAVE_TYPENAME]
+
 /* Define if we can trust the compiler not to insert extra bytes in
    structs between base structs and derived structs. */
 $[cdefine SIMPLE_STRUCT_POINTERS]
diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase_cc.h b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase_cc.h
index 7b9d1f1b39..8dc355f5ea 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase_cc.h
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase_cc.h
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ using namespace std;
 using namespace std;
 #endif
 
+#ifdef HAVE_TYPENAME
 #define TYPENAME typename
+#else
+#define TYPENAME
+#endif
 
 
 #if defined(WIN32_VC) && defined(FORCE_INLINING)