diff --git a/include/boost/array.hpp b/include/boost/array.hpp
index 0840003..6e78aeb 100644
--- a/include/boost/array.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/array.hpp
@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ namespace boost {
 #if !defined(BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION) && !defined(BOOST_MSVC_STD_ITERATOR)
         typedef std::reverse_iterator<iterator> reverse_iterator;
         typedef std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator> const_reverse_iterator;
+#elif defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC == 1300)
+        // workaround for broken reverse_iterator in VC7
+        typedef std::reverse_iterator<std::_Ptrit<value_type, difference_type, iterator,
+                                      reference, iterator, reference> > reverse_iterator;
+        typedef std::reverse_iterator<std::_Ptrit<value_type, difference_type, const_iterator,
+		                                const_reference, iterator, reference> > const_reverse_iterator;
 #else
         // workaround for broken reverse_iterator implementations
         typedef std::reverse_iterator<iterator,T> reverse_iterator;
@@ -154,3 +160,4 @@ namespace boost {
 } /* namespace boost */
 
 #endif /*BOOST_ARRAY_HPP*/
+