diff --git a/lexical_cast_test.cpp b/lexical_cast_test.cpp
index 12e9deb..a994d13 100644
--- a/lexical_cast_test.cpp
+++ b/lexical_cast_test.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@
 //
 // Note: The unit test no longer compile on MSVC 6, but lexical_cast itself works for it.
 
+//
+// We need this #define before any #includes: otherwise msvc will emit warnings
+// deep within std::string, resulting from our (perfectly legal) use of basic_string
+// with a custom traits class:
+//
+#define _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
 
 #if defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
diff --git a/numeric_cast_test.cpp b/numeric_cast_test.cpp
index 0b5bcde..51393b9 100644
--- a/numeric_cast_test.cpp
+++ b/numeric_cast_test.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ using namespace boost;
 using std::cout;
 
 
-int test_main( int argc, char * argv[] )
+int test_main( int , char * [] )
 {
 
 #   ifdef NDEBUG
diff --git a/test/implicit_cast.cpp b/test/implicit_cast.cpp
index e18e17a..8c3bc52 100644
--- a/test/implicit_cast.cpp
+++ b/test/implicit_cast.cpp
@@ -28,5 +28,11 @@ int main()
 
     type<foo> f = check_return(boost::implicit_cast<foo>("hello"));
     type<long> z = check_return(boost::implicit_cast<long>(foo("hello")));
+    
+    // warning supression:
+    (void)x;
+    (void)f;
+    (void)z;
+
     return boost::report_errors();
 }
diff --git a/test/implicit_cast_fail.cpp b/test/implicit_cast_fail.cpp
index 80143da..a7867a1 100644
--- a/test/implicit_cast_fail.cpp
+++ b/test/implicit_cast_fail.cpp
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@ struct foo
 int test_main(int, char*[])
 {
     foo x = implicit_cast<foo>("foobar");
+    (void)x;  // warning suppression.
+    return 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/lexical_cast_abstract_test.cpp b/test/lexical_cast_abstract_test.cpp
index 207d3a5..4b92e49 100644
--- a/test/lexical_cast_abstract_test.cpp
+++ b/test/lexical_cast_abstract_test.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &O, const A &a)
 {
     a.out(O);
     return O;
-};
+}
 
 void test_abstract()
 {