diff --git a/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp b/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
index b7d6a63..a247649 100644
--- a/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/lexical_cast.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 #if defined(BOOST_NO_STRINGSTREAM) || \
     defined(BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING) || \
     defined(BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE) || \
-    defined(BOOST_NO_CWCHAR)
+    defined(BOOST_NO_CWCHAR) || \
+    defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC <= 1200)
 #define DISABLE_WIDE_CHAR_SUPPORT
 #endif