diff --git a/src/redisassert.h b/src/redisassert.h
index 0cb90b0bc..22dd3f135 100644
--- a/src/redisassert.h
+++ b/src/redisassert.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+#undef assert
 #define assert(_e) (likely((_e))?(void)0 : (_serverAssert(#_e,__FILE__,__LINE__),redis_unreachable()))
 #define panic(...) _serverPanic(__FILE__,__LINE__,__VA_ARGS__),redis_unreachable()