diff --git a/test/zip_iterator_test_std_pair.cpp b/test/zip_iterator_test_std_pair.cpp
index 215777a..e714732 100644
--- a/test/zip_iterator_test_std_pair.cpp
+++ b/test/zip_iterator_test_std_pair.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,20 @@
 //
 //  See http://www.boost.org for most recent version including documentation.
 
+#include <boost/config.hpp>
+#include <boost/config/workaround.hpp>
+#include <boost/config/pragma_message.hpp>
+
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, < 1600)
+
+BOOST_PRAGMA_MESSAGE("Skipping test on msvc-9.0 and below")
+
+int main()
+{
+}
+
+#else
+
 #include <utility>
 #include <boost/fusion/adapted/std_pair.hpp>
 
@@ -14,3 +28,4 @@
 
 #include "detail/zip_iterator_test.ipp"
 
+#endif // #if BOOST_WORKAROUND