diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/common_edg.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/common_edg.hpp
index c2559695..bb442a22 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/common_edg.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/common_edg.hpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #if (__EDG_VERSION__ <= 310) || !defined(BOOST_STRICT_CONFIG)
 // No support for initializer lists
 #  define BOOST_NO_INITIALIZER_LISTS
+#  define BOOST_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
 #endif
 
 #define BOOST_NO_AUTO_DECLARATIONS
@@ -74,7 +75,6 @@
 #define BOOST_NO_DEFAULTED_FUNCTIONS
 #define BOOST_NO_DELETED_FUNCTIONS
 #define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_CONVERSION_OPERATORS
-#define BOOST_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
 #define BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT_ARGS
 #define BOOST_NO_LAMBDAS
 #define BOOST_NO_NULLPTR
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
index 463bf5dd..b9b42bdb 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/gcc.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #   define BOOST_NO_USING_DECLARATION_OVERLOADS_FROM_TYPENAME_BASE
 #   define BOOST_FUNCTION_SCOPE_USING_DECLARATION_BREAKS_ADL
 #   define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
+#   define BOOST_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
 #elif __GNUC__ == 3
 #  if defined (__PATHSCALE__)
 #     define BOOST_NO_TWO_PHASE_NAME_LOOKUP
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@
 #  if __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4
 #     define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
 #  endif
+#  define BOOST_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
 #endif
 #if __GNUC__ < 4
 //
@@ -119,7 +121,6 @@
 // C++0x features not implemented in any GCC version
 //
 #define BOOST_NO_CONSTEXPR
-#define BOOST_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
 #define BOOST_NO_NULLPTR
 #define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_ALIASES
 
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
index 93bbb674..b34db6f1 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
 #  define BOOST_NO_POINTER_TO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS
 #  define BOOST_NO_IS_ABSTRACT
 #  define BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TYPE_SPECIALIZATIONS
+#  define BOOST_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
 // TODO: what version is meant here? Have there really been any fixes in cl 12.01 (as e.g. shipped with eVC4)?
 #  if (_MSC_VER > 1200)
 #     define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_FUNCTION_SPECIALIZATIONS
@@ -186,7 +187,6 @@
 #define BOOST_NO_DECLTYPE
 #define BOOST_NO_DELETED_FUNCTIONS
 #define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_CONVERSION_OPERATORS
-#define BOOST_NO_EXTERN_TEMPLATE
 #define BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_DEFAULT_ARGS
 #define BOOST_NO_INITIALIZER_LISTS
 #define BOOST_NO_RAW_LITERALS
diff --git a/test/boost_no_extern_template.ipp b/test/boost_no_extern_template.ipp
index 732eedc6..0965470b 100644
--- a/test/boost_no_extern_template.ipp
+++ b/test/boost_no_extern_template.ipp
@@ -12,7 +12,26 @@
 
 namespace boost_no_extern_template {
 
-extern template<class T> void f(T);
+template<class T, class U> void f(T const* p, U const* q)
+{
+   p = q;
+}
+
+template <class T>
+class must_not_compile
+{
+public:
+   void f(T const* p, int const* q);
+};
+
+template <class T>
+void must_not_compile<T>::f(T const* p, int const* q)
+{
+   p = q;
+}
+
+extern template void f<>(int const*, float const*);
+extern template class must_not_compile<int>;
 
 int test()
 {