diff --git a/base/applications/mspaint/main.cpp b/base/applications/mspaint/main.cpp
index 82b70d9dba5..f24a12b1a1f 100644
--- a/base/applications/mspaint/main.cpp
+++ b/base/applications/mspaint/main.cpp
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@
 
 #include "precomp.h"
 
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-#include <crtdbg.h>
-#endif
-
 /* FUNCTIONS ********************************************************/
 
 POINT start;
diff --git a/base/applications/mspaint/precomp.h b/base/applications/mspaint/precomp.h
index cd24f7f8379..c73cd809a75 100644
--- a/base/applications/mspaint/precomp.h
+++ b/base/applications/mspaint/precomp.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <shellapi.h>
 #include <htmlhelp.h>
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+    #define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
+    #include <crtdbg.h>
+#endif
 
 #define NDEBUG
 #include <debug.h>