diff --git a/libraries/abi_generator/include/eosio/abi_generator/abi_generator.hpp b/libraries/abi_generator/include/eosio/abi_generator/abi_generator.hpp
index 5078bd3c93fd21b879039bfcca1ca9e6b9a13950..1fd4d1868dab10dad548db2d8ec2dd4190a05031 100644
--- a/libraries/abi_generator/include/eosio/abi_generator/abi_generator.hpp
+++ b/libraries/abi_generator/include/eosio/abi_generator/abi_generator.hpp
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 #include <eosio/chain/contracts/types.hpp>
 #include <fc/io/json.hpp>
 
-//clashes with something deep in the AST includes
+//clashes with something deep in the AST includes in clang 6 and possibly other versions of clang
+#pragma push_macro("N")
 #undef N
 
 #include "clang/Driver/Options.h"
@@ -228,3 +229,5 @@ namespace eosio {
    };
 
 } //ns eosio
+
+#pragma pop_macro("N")
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