diff --git a/extensions/bintools/msvc9/bintools.vcproj b/extensions/bintools/msvc9/bintools.vcproj
index 0ce5cd5b..f5fbada7 100644
--- a/extensions/bintools/msvc9/bintools.vcproj
+++ b/extensions/bintools/msvc9/bintools.vcproj
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 				AdditionalOptions="/MP /D SE_EPISODEONE=2 /D SE_ORANGEBOX=3 /D SE_LEFT4DEAD=4"
 				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..;..\sdk;..\..\..\public;..\..\..\public\jit;..\..\..\public\jit\x86;..\..\..\public\extensions;..\..\..\public\sourcepawn;"$(MMSOURCE17)\core";"$(MMSOURCE17)\core\sourcehook";"$(HL2SDKOB)\public";"$(HL2SDKOB)\public\tier0";"$(HL2SDKOB)\public\tier1""
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;BINTOOLS_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;SOURCEMOD_BUILD;SOURCE_ENGINE=3"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;BINTOOLS_EXPORTS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;SOURCEMOD_BUILD;HOOKING_ENABLED;SOURCE_ENGINE=3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				RuntimeTypeInfo="false"
diff --git a/public/extensions/IBinTools.h b/public/extensions/IBinTools.h
index 66ae0a3e..f201f421 100644
--- a/public/extensions/IBinTools.h
+++ b/public/extensions/IBinTools.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 #define SMINTERFACE_BINTOOLS_NAME		"IBinTools"
 #define SMINTERFACE_BINTOOLS_VERSION	3
 
+#if defined METAMOD_PLAPI_VERSION
+#define HOOKING_ENABLED
+#endif
+
 #if defined HOOKING_ENABLED
 #include <sourcehook_pibuilder.h>