diff --git a/3rdparty/compat_cpp14.h b/3rdparty/compat_cpp14.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f7ea71885a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/compat_cpp14.h
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Ville Voutilainen code from include/bits/range_access.h from libstdc++
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__) && ((__GNUC__ == 5 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 2) || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 8))
+
+template<class _Container>
+  inline constexpr auto
+  cbegin(const _Container& __cont) noexcept(noexcept(std::begin(__cont)))-> decltype(std::begin(__cont))
+  { return std::begin(__cont); }
+
+template<class _Container>
+  inline constexpr auto
+  cend(const _Container& __cont) noexcept(noexcept(std::end(__cont)))-> decltype(std::end(__cont))
+  { return std::end(__cont); }
+
+template<class _Container>
+  inline auto
+  rbegin(_Container& __cont) -> decltype(__cont.rbegin())
+  { return __cont.rbegin(); }
+
+template<class _Container>
+  inline auto
+  rbegin(const _Container& __cont) -> decltype(__cont.rbegin())
+  { return __cont.rbegin(); }
+
+template<class _Container>
+  inline auto
+  rend(_Container& __cont) -> decltype(__cont.rend())
+  { return __cont.rend(); }
+
+template<class _Container>
+  inline auto
+  rend(const _Container& __cont) -> decltype(__cont.rend())
+  { return __cont.rend(); }
+
+template<class _Tp, size_t _Nm>
+  inline reverse_iterator<_Tp*>
+  rbegin(_Tp (&__arr)[_Nm])
+  { return reverse_iterator<_Tp*>(__arr + _Nm); }
+
+template<class _Tp, size_t _Nm>
+  inline reverse_iterator<_Tp*>
+  rend(_Tp (&__arr)[_Nm])
+  { return reverse_iterator<_Tp*>(__arr); }
+
+template<class _Tp>
+  inline reverse_iterator<const _Tp*>
+  rbegin(initializer_list<_Tp> __il)
+  { return reverse_iterator<const _Tp*>(__il.end()); }
+
+template<class _Tp>
+  inline reverse_iterator<const _Tp*>
+  rend(initializer_list<_Tp> __il)
+  { return reverse_iterator<const _Tp*>(__il.begin()); }
+
+template<class _Container>
+  inline auto
+  crbegin(const _Container& __cont) -> decltype(std::rbegin(__cont))
+  { return std::rbegin(__cont); }
+
+template<class _Container>
+  inline auto
+  crend(const _Container& __cont) -> decltype(std::rend(__cont))
+  { return std::rend(__cont); }
+  
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua b/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
index 50e19e8e71a..80360ac2ecb 100644
--- a/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ project ("ocore_" .. _OPTIONS["osd"])
 	dofile("windows_cfg.lua")
 
 	includedirs {
+		MAME_DIR .. "3rdparty",
 		MAME_DIR .. "src/emu",
 		MAME_DIR .. "src/osd",
 		MAME_DIR .. "src/lib",
diff --git a/src/emu/emu.h b/src/emu/emu.h
index 0cf7b7c1384..afea75e477f 100644
--- a/src/emu/emu.h
+++ b/src/emu/emu.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <unordered_map>
 #include <unordered_set>
 
+#include "compat_cpp14.h"
+
 // core emulator headers -- must be first
 #include "emucore.h"
 #include "eminline.h"