diff --git a/src/util/compat.h b/src/util/compat.h
index b4f0651..2ba9b79 100644
--- a/src/util/compat.h
+++ b/src/util/compat.h
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@
 # define PATH_SEP        '\\' // contains the path separator as a character. Yes it is extremely annoying that this has to exist.
 # define PATH_SEP_STR    "\\" // contains the path separator as a string, useful for concatenation. Yes it is extremely annoying that this has to exist.
 
+# define unixonly(_exec)       // (no-op) executes inline code when __unix__ is defined, otherwise is no-op
+# define winonly(_exec)  _exec // executes inline code when _WIN32 is defined, otherwise is no-op
 #else
 # define PATH_SEP        '/' // contains the path separator as a character. Yes it is extremely annoying that this has to exist.
 # define PATH_SEP_STR    "/" // contains the path separator as a string, useful for concatenation. Yes it is extremely annoying that this has to exist.
 
+# define unixonly(_exec) _exec // executes inline code when __unix__ is defined, otherwise is no-op
+# define winonly(_exec)        // (no-op) executes inline code when _WIN32 is defined, otherwise is no-op
 #endif
 
 // define the constants if they haven't been