diff --git a/tools/qfcc/include/qfcc.h b/tools/qfcc/include/qfcc.h
index b9fedb019..cd1d5ed87 100644
--- a/tools/qfcc/include/qfcc.h
+++ b/tools/qfcc/include/qfcc.h
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ extern	struct symtab_s *current_symtab;
 #define	D_FLOAT(d)			D_var (float, d)
 #define	D_INT(d)			D_var (integer, d)
 #define	D_VECTOR(d)			D_var (vector, d)
-#define	D_STRING(d)			GETSTR (D_var (string, d))
+#define	D_STRING(d)			D_var (string, d)
+#define	D_GETSTR(d)			GETSTR (D_STRING (d))
 #define	D_FUNCTION(d)		D_var (func, d)
 #define D_POINTER(t,d)		((t *)((d)->space->data + (d)->offset))
 #define D_STRUCT(t,d)		(*D_POINTER (t, d))