diff --git a/include/boost/detail/lcast_precision.hpp b/include/boost/detail/lcast_precision.hpp
index 5bd96fd..ef23c8a 100644
--- a/include/boost/detail/lcast_precision.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/detail/lcast_precision.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,13 @@
 #include <boost/type_traits/is_abstract.hpp>
 #endif
 
-#ifdef BOOST_NO_LIMITS_COMPILE_TIME_CONSTANTS
+#if defined(BOOST_NO_LIMITS_COMPILE_TIME_CONSTANTS) || \
+  (defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC<1310))
+
+#define BOOST_LCAST_NO_COMPILE_TIME_PRECISION
+#endif
+
+#ifdef BOOST_LCAST_NO_COMPILE_TIME_PRECISION
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
 #else
 #include <boost/static_assert.hpp>
@@ -31,7 +37,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace detail {
 
 class lcast_abstract_stub {};
 
-#ifndef BOOST_NO_LIMITS_COMPILE_TIME_CONSTANTS
+#ifndef BOOST_LCAST_NO_COMPILE_TIME_PRECISION
 // Calculate an argument to pass to std::ios_base::precision from
 // lexical_cast. See alternative implementation for broken standard
 // libraries in lcast_get_precision below. Keep them in sync, please.
@@ -92,7 +98,7 @@ struct lcast_precision
 template<class T>
 inline std::streamsize lcast_get_precision(T* = 0)
 {
-#if !defined(BOOST_NO_LIMITS_COMPILE_TIME_CONSTANTS)
+#ifndef BOOST_LCAST_NO_COMPILE_TIME_PRECISION
     return lcast_precision<T>::value;
 #else // Follow lcast_precision algorithm at run-time:
 
diff --git a/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp b/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
index 1cd23f7..8f40d47 100644
--- a/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ namespace boost
 #undef BOOST_AUX_LEXICAL_CAST_DEF
 #undef BOOST_AUX_LEXICAL_CAST_DEF1
 
-#ifndef BOOST_NO_LIMITS_COMPILE_TIME_CONSTANTS
+#ifndef BOOST_LCAST_NO_COMPILE_TIME_PRECISION
 // This #if is in sync with lcast_precision
 
         // Helper for floating point types.
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ namespace boost
     };
 
 #endif // #ifndef DISABLE_WIDE_CHAR_SUPPORT
-#endif // #ifndef BOOST_NO_LIMITS_COMPILE_TIME_CONSTANTS
+#endif // #ifndef BOOST_LCAST_NO_COMPILE_TIME_PRECISION
     }
 
     namespace detail // '0' and '-' constants