diff --git a/include/boost/regex/config.hpp b/include/boost/regex/config.hpp
index 1288f3c3..4fd1fd94 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/config.hpp
@@ -298,10 +298,16 @@
 /* use C++ locale when targeting windows store */
 #if BOOST_PLAT_WINDOWS_RUNTIME
 #  define BOOST_REGEX_USE_CPP_LOCALE
+#  define BOOST_REGEX_NO_WIN32_LOCALE
 #endif
 
 /* Win32 defaults to native Win32 locale: */
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_USE_WIN32_LOCALE) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_USE_C_LOCALE) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_USE_CPP_LOCALE) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_NO_W32)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && \
+    !defined(BOOST_REGEX_USE_WIN32_LOCALE) && \
+    !defined(BOOST_REGEX_USE_C_LOCALE) && \
+    !defined(BOOST_REGEX_USE_CPP_LOCALE) && \
+    !defined(BOOST_REGEX_NO_W32) && \
+    !defined(BOOST_REGEX_NO_WIN32_LOCALE)
 #  define BOOST_REGEX_USE_WIN32_LOCALE
 #endif
 /* otherwise use C++ locale if supported: */
diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/w32_regex_traits.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/w32_regex_traits.hpp
index 4a799526..560cc217 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/w32_regex_traits.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/w32_regex_traits.hpp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #ifndef BOOST_W32_REGEX_TRAITS_HPP_INCLUDED
 #define BOOST_W32_REGEX_TRAITS_HPP_INCLUDED
 
+#ifndef BOOST_REGEX_NO_WIN32_LOCALE
+
 #ifndef BOOST_RE_PAT_EXCEPT_HPP
 #include <boost/regex/pattern_except.hpp>
 #endif
@@ -736,4 +738,6 @@ static_mutex& w32_regex_traits<charT>::get_mutex_inst()
 #pragma warning(pop)
 #endif
 
+#endif // BOOST_REGEX_NO_WIN32_LOCALE
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/w32_regex_traits.cpp b/src/w32_regex_traits.cpp
index fdf93052..0f825702 100644
--- a/src/w32_regex_traits.cpp
+++ b/src/w32_regex_traits.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #define BOOST_REGEX_SOURCE
 #include <boost/regex/config.hpp>
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_NO_W32)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_NO_W32) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_NO_WIN32_LOCALE)
 #include <boost/regex/regex_traits.hpp>
 #include <boost/regex/pattern_except.hpp>