diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.cxx b/direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.cxx
index b729cb4db1..9cdb0a379f 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/dcparse/dcFile.cxx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #include "dcParserDefs.h"
 #include "dcLexerDefs.h"
 
-#include <fstream>
 #include <assert.h>
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/direct/src/dcparse/dcbase.h b/direct/src/dcparse/dcbase.h
index 46cc8e1021..a6bc31dcf2 100644
--- a/direct/src/dcparse/dcbase.h
+++ b/direct/src/dcparse/dcbase.h
@@ -17,7 +17,14 @@
 #pragma warning (disable : 4503)
 #endif  /* WIN32_VC */
 
+#if defined(WIN32) || defined(CPPPARSER)
 #include <iostream>
+#include <fstream>
+#else
+#include <iostream.h>
+#include <fstream.h>
+#endif
+
 #include <string>
 
 // These header files are needed to compile dcLexer.cxx, the output