diff --git a/include/boost/optional/detail/optional_config.hpp b/include/boost/optional/detail/optional_config.hpp
index 6e1fa8b..5f88f3f 100644
--- a/include/boost/optional/detail/optional_config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/optional/detail/optional_config.hpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
 #endif // defined(__GNUC__)
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#if (defined __GNUC__) && (!defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
 // On some initial rvalue reference implementations GCC does it in a strange way,
 // preferring perfect-forwarding constructor to implicit copy constructor.