diff --git a/include/boost/container/detail/minimal_char_traits_header.hpp b/include/boost/container/detail/minimal_char_traits_header.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3f7a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/boost/container/detail/minimal_char_traits_header.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// (C) Copyright Ion Gaztanaga  2014-2015
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+//    (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+//          http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+// See http://www.boost.org/libs/container for documentation.
+//
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#ifndef BOOST_CONTAINER_DETAIL_MINIMAL_CHAR_TRAITS_HEADER_HPP
+#define BOOST_CONTAINER_DETAIL_MINIMAL_CHAR_TRAITS_HEADER_HPP
+#
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#  pragma once
+#endif
+#
+#ifndef BOOST_CONFIG_HPP
+#  include <boost/config.hpp>
+#endif
+#
+#//Try to avoid including <string>, as it's quite big
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(BOOST_DINKUMWARE_STDLIB)
+   #include <iosfwd>   //Dinkum libraries for MSVC define std::char_traits there
+#elif defined(BOOST_GNU_STDLIB)
+   #include <bits/char_traits.h>
+#else
+   #include <string>  //Fallback
+#endif
+
+#endif //BOOST_CONTAINER_DETAIL_MINIMAL_CHAR_TRAITS_HEADER_HPP
diff --git a/include/boost/container/string.hpp b/include/boost/container/string.hpp
index 17b0d59..da6ac06 100644
--- a/include/boost/container/string.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/container/string.hpp
@@ -39,14 +39,12 @@
 #include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
 #include <boost/intrusive/pointer_traits.hpp>
 #include <boost/core/no_exceptions_support.hpp>
-
-
+#include <boost/container/detail/minimal_char_traits_header.hpp>
 #include <boost/functional/hash.hpp>
 
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <functional>   //bind2nd, etc.
-#include <string>
 #include <iosfwd>
 #include <istream>
 #include <ostream>
diff --git a/proj/vc7ide/container.vcproj b/proj/vc7ide/container.vcproj
index 80f03a5..7a510e1 100644
--- a/proj/vc7ide/container.vcproj
+++ b/proj/vc7ide/container.vcproj
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@
 				<File
 					RelativePath="..\..\..\..\boost\container\detail\math_functions.hpp">
 				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\..\..\..\boost\container\detail\minimal_char_traits_header.hpp">
+				</File>
 				<File
 					RelativePath="..\..\..\..\boost\container\detail\mpl.hpp">
 				</File>