diff --git a/gfx/2d/Makefile.in b/gfx/2d/Makefile.in
index d1c0aabc477..4724f56ab92 100644
--- a/gfx/2d/Makefile.in
+++ b/gfx/2d/Makefile.in
@@ -120,9 +120,12 @@ endif
 
 # Are we targeting x86 or x64?  If so, build SSE2 files.
 ifneq (,$(INTEL_ARCHITECTURE))
+# VC2005 doesn't support _mm_castsi128_ps, so SSE2 is turned off
+ifneq (1400,$(_MSC_VER))
 CPPSRCS += ImageScalingSSE2.cpp
 DEFINES += -DUSE_SSE2
 endif
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(MOZ_WIDGET_TOOLKIT),windows)
 CPPSRCS	+= \