diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index eecbd54598..93496bd26e 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ parts:
       ./bootstrap
       ./configure \
         --with-wx-prefix="$SNAPCRAFT_STAGE" \
-        CPPFLAGS="-I${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}/include -I${SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/../build/deps/json/src" \
+        CPPFLAGS="-DSNAPCRAFT -I${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}/include -I${SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/../build/deps/json/src" \
         LDFLAGS="-Wl,--copy-dt-needed-entries -L${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}/lib" \
         PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${SNAPCRAFT_STAGE}"/lib/pkgconfig
       make -j1
diff --git a/src/edapp.h b/src/edapp.h
index 1fc253f95a..0097721771 100644
--- a/src/edapp.h
+++ b/src/edapp.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxConfigBase;
 class WXDLLIMPEXP_FWD_BASE wxSingleInstanceChecker;
 
-#if defined(HAVE_HTTP_CLIENT) && (defined(__WXMSW__) || defined(__WXOSX__))
+#if defined(HAVE_HTTP_CLIENT) && (defined(__WXMSW__) || defined(__WXOSX__) || defined(SNAPCRAFT))
     #define SUPPORTS_OTA_UPDATES
 #endif