diff --git a/jmorecfg.h b/jmorecfg.h
index 0ee8f50..108e7de 100644
--- a/jmorecfg.h
+++ b/jmorecfg.h
@@ -182,14 +182,22 @@
 
 /* Originally, this macro was used as a way of defining function prototypes
  * for both modern compilers as well as older compilers that did not support
- * prototype parameters.  libjpeg-turbo no longer supports these older
- * compilers, but the macro is still included because there is some software
- * out there that uses it.
+ * prototype parameters.  libjpeg-turbo has never supported these older,
+ * non-ANSI compilers, but the macro is still included because there is some
+ * software out there that uses it.
  */
 
 #define JMETHOD(type,methodname,arglist)  type (*methodname) arglist
 
 
+/* libjpeg-turbo no longer supports platforms that have far symbols (MS-DOS),
+ * but again, some software relies on this macro.
+ */
+
+#undef FAR
+#define FAR
+
+
 /*
  * On a few systems, type boolean and/or its values FALSE, TRUE may appear
  * in standard header files.  Or you may have conflicts with application-