diff --git a/Include/arm_math.h b/Include/arm_math.h
index 97803b18..9b334632 100644
--- a/Include/arm_math.h
+++ b/Include/arm_math.h
@@ -357,21 +357,23 @@ extern "C"
 
 
 /* Included for instrinsics definitions */
-#if !defined ( _MSC_VER )
+#if defined (_MSC_VER ) 
+#include <stdint.h>
+#define __STATIC_FORCEINLINE static __forceinline
+#define __ALIGNED(x) __declspec(align(x))
 
+#elif defined (__GNUC_PYTHON__)
+#include <stdint.h>
+#define  __ALIGNED(x) __attribute__((aligned(x)))
+#define __STATIC_FORCEINLINE static __attribute__((inline))
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wattributes"
 
+#else
 #include "cmsis_compiler.h"
+#endif
 
 
-#else
-#include <stdint.h>
-#define __STATIC_FORCEINLINE static __forceinline
-#define __ALIGNED(x) __declspec(align(x))
-#define LOW_OPTIMIZATION_ENTER
-#define LOW_OPTIMIZATION_EXIT
-#define IAR_ONLY_LOW_OPTIMIZATION_ENTER 
-#define IAR_ONLY_LOW_OPTIMIZATION_EXIT
-#endif
 
 #include "string.h"
 #include "math.h"
@@ -638,7 +640,7 @@ MSVC is not going to be used to cross-compile to ARM. So, having a MSVC
 compiler file in Core or Core_A would not make sense.
 
 */
-#if defined ( _MSC_VER )
+#if defined ( _MSC_VER ) || (__GNUC_PYTHON__)
     __STATIC_FORCEINLINE uint8_t __CLZ(uint32_t data)
     {
       if (data == 0U) { return 32U; }
@@ -7974,6 +7976,11 @@ float32_t arm_yule_distance(const uint32_t *pA, const uint32_t *pB, uint32_t num
   #if defined ( __ARM_ARCH_7EM__ )
     #define LOW_OPTIMIZATION_ENTER \
        _Pragma ("optimize=low")
+#elif define ( _MSC_VER)
+      #define LOW_OPTIMIZATION_ENTER
+      #define LOW_OPTIMIZATION_EXIT
+      #define IAR_ONLY_LOW_OPTIMIZATION_ENTER 
+      #define IAR_ONLY_LOW_OPTIMIZATION_EXIT
   #else
     #define LOW_OPTIMIZATION_ENTER
   #endif
diff --git a/PythonWrapper/setup.py b/PythonWrapper/setup.py
index 78845181..eacd2318 100644
--- a/PythonWrapper/setup.py
+++ b/PythonWrapper/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if sys.platform == 'win32':
   # since the visual compiler and the win platform are
   # not supported by default in arm_math.h
 else:
-  cflags = ["-Wno-unused-variable","-Wno-implicit-function-declaration",config.cflags]
+  cflags = ["-Wno-unused-variable","-Wno-implicit-function-declaration",config.cflags,"-D__GNUC_PYTHON__"]
 
 transform = glob.glob(os.path.join(ROOT,"Source","TransformFunctions","*.c"))
 #transform.remove(os.path.join(ROOT,"Source","TransformFunctions","arm_dct4_init_q15.c"))
@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@ setup (name = config.setupName,
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    ])
\ No newline at end of file
+    ])