diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
index 2db8a36ae6..17e19531f2 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageLog.cpp
@@ -386,6 +386,14 @@ void RageLog::UnmapLog(const CString &key)
 	UpdateMappedLog();
 }
 
+void ShowWarning( const char *file, int line, const char *message )
+{
+	if( LOG != NULL )
+		LOG->Warn( "%s:%i: %s", file, line, message );
+	else
+		fprintf( stderr, "%s:%i: %s", file, line, message );
+}
+
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Chris Danford, Glenn Maynard
  * All rights reserved.
diff --git a/stepmania/src/global.h b/stepmania/src/global.h
index 5ac1fd7b5f..a0b084546b 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/global.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/global.h
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ void NORETURN sm_crash( const char *reason = "Internal error" );
 #define ASSERT_M(COND, MESSAGE) { if(!(COND)) { FAIL_M(MESSAGE); } }
 #define ASSERT(COND) ASSERT_M((COND), "Assertion '" #COND "' failed")
 
+void ShowWarning( const char *file, int line, const char *message ); // don't pull in LOG here
+#define WARN(MESSAGE) (ShowWarning(__FILE__, __LINE__, MESSAGE))
+
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define DEBUG_ASSERT(x)	ASSERT(x)
 #else