diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/libspatialite/libspatialite_4.3.0a.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/libspatialite/libspatialite_4.3.0a.bb
index a3f0903..b33f5a3 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/libspatialite/libspatialite_4.3.0a.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-oe/recipes-navigation/libspatialite/libspatialite_4.3.0a.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
 EXTRA_OECONF = "--enable-freexl=no"
+CFLAGS += "-DACCEPT_USE_OF_DEPRECATED_PROJ_API_H"
 
 # package plugins for SQLite3
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-plugin"