diff --git a/build-win32.txt b/build-win32.txt
index 4d67abb7..463230e0 100644
--- a/build-win32.txt
+++ b/build-win32.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ strip = 'i686-w64-mingw32-strip'
 exe_wrapper = 'wine'
 
 [properties]
+c_args=['-msse', '-msse2']
+cpp_args=['-msse', '-msse2']
 c_link_args = ['-static', '-static-libgcc']
 cpp_link_args = ['-static', '-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++', '-Wl,--add-stdcall-alias,--enable-stdcall-fixup']
 
diff --git a/build-wine32.txt b/build-wine32.txt
index 75c4f301..0ca8f90c 100644
--- a/build-wine32.txt
+++ b/build-wine32.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ strip = 'strip'
 needs_exe_wrapper = true
 winelib = true
 
-c_args=['-m32']
-cpp_args=['-m32', '--no-gnu-unique', '-Wno-attributes']
+c_args=['-m32', '-msse', '-msse2']
+cpp_args=['-m32', '--no-gnu-unique', '-Wno-attributes', '-msse', '-msse2']
 cpp_link_args=['-m32', '-mwindows']
 
 [host_machine]