diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
index 6269c471..ae631219 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@
 #ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_THREAD_LOCAL
 #  define BOOST_NO_CXX11_THREAD_LOCAL
 #endif
-#ifndef BOOST_NO_SFINAE_EXPR
+#if !defined(BOOST_NO_SFINAE_EXPR) && !defined(_MSVC_LANG)
 #  define BOOST_NO_SFINAE_EXPR
 #endif
 #ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_REF_QUALIFIERS