diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp
index b31d4f4f..283b7803 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/nvcc.hpp
@@ -30,3 +30,19 @@
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #  define BOOST_NO_CXX11_CONSTEXPR
 #endif
+
+#ifdef __CUDACC__
+//
+// When compiing .cu files, there's a bunch of stuff that doesn't work with msvc:
+//
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#  define BOOST_NO_CXX14_DIGIT_SEPARATORS
+#  define BOOST_NO_CXX11_UNICODE_LITERALS
+#endif
+//
+// And this one effects the NVCC front end:
+//
+#define BOOST_NO_CXX11_NOEXCEPT
+
+#endif
+