diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bfea2dd1a97..c59aff4c62c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ option(WITH_OPENSUBDIV    "Enable OpenSubdiv for surface subdivision" _init_OPEN
 option(WITH_OPENVDB       "Enable features relying on OpenVDB" OFF)
 option(WITH_OPENVDB_BLOSC "Enable blosc compression for OpenVDB, only enable if OpenVDB was built with blosc support" OFF)
 
+if(WITH_OPENVDB)
+    add_definitions(-DOPENVDB_3_ABI_COMPATIBLE=TRUE)
+endif()
+
 # GHOST Windowing Library Options
 option(WITH_GHOST_DEBUG   "Enable debugging output for the GHOST library" OFF)
 mark_as_advanced(WITH_GHOST_DEBUG)
diff --git a/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc b/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
index e886c5a76a8..bedcfe65552 100644
--- a/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
+++ b/intern/openvdb/intern/openvdb_writer.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void OpenVDBWriter::insert(const openvdb::GridBase::Ptr &grid)
 
 void OpenVDBWriter::insert(const openvdb::GridBase &grid)
 {
-#if (OPENVDB_LIBRARY_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER == 3)
+#if (OPENVDB_LIBRARY_MAJOR_VERSION_NUMBER <= 3) || defined(OPENVDB_3_ABI_COMPATIBLE)
 	m_grids->push_back(grid.copyGrid());
 #else
 	m_grids->push_back(grid.copyGridWithNewTree());