diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
index 0dcd40b8..0789e853 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
@@ -60,6 +60,13 @@
 #  define BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T
 #endif
 
+//   
+// check for exception handling support:   
+#ifndef _CPPUNWIND   
+#  define BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS   
+#endif 
+
+
 #define BOOST_COMPILER "Microsoft Visual C++ version " BOOST_STRINGIZE(_MSC_VER)
 
 //
@@ -78,3 +85,4 @@
 #  endif
 #endif
 
+