diff --git a/include/boost/config/suffix.hpp b/include/boost/config/suffix.hpp
index 722758f9..f1f29114 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/suffix.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/suffix.hpp
@@ -349,6 +349,13 @@
 #define BOOST_HAS_RVALUE_REFS
 #endif
 
+//
+// Set BOOST_HAS_VARIADIC_TMPL when BOOST_NO_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES is not defined
+//
+#if !defined(BOOST_NO_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) && !defined(BOOST_HAS_VARIADIC_TMPL)
+#define BOOST_HAS_VARIADIC_TMPL
+#endif
+
 //  BOOST_HAS_ABI_HEADERS
 //  This macro gets set if we have headers that fix the ABI,
 //  and prevent ODR violations when linking to external libraries: