diff --git a/include/boost/array.hpp b/include/boost/array.hpp
index d58b93a..c95bb09 100644
--- a/include/boost/array.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/array.hpp
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ namespace boost {
         static reference failed_rangecheck () {
                 std::out_of_range e("attempt to access element of an empty array");
                 boost::throw_exception(e);
+#if defined(BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS) || !defined(BOOST_MSVC)
                 //
                 // We need to return something here to keep
                 // some compilers happy: however we will never
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ namespace boost {
                 //
                 static T placeholder;
                 return placeholder;
+#endif
             }
     };
 #endif
diff --git a/test/array2.cpp b/test/array2.cpp
index abbc745..1c8ccf8 100644
--- a/test/array2.cpp
+++ b/test/array2.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
  * http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
  */
 
+#ifndef _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+// Suppress warnings from the std lib:
+#  define _SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
+#endif
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <functional>
 #include <boost/array.hpp>