diff --git a/include/boost/limits.hpp b/include/boost/limits.hpp
index 1d2ca138..8d110bd6 100644
--- a/include/boost/limits.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/limits.hpp
@@ -12,9 +12,64 @@
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
 
 #ifdef BOOST_NO_LIMITS
-#include <boost/detail/limits.hpp>
+# include <boost/detail/limits.hpp>
 #else
-#include <limits>
+# include <limits>
 #endif
 
+#if defined(BOOST_MSVC) && BOOST_MSVC <= 1200 && !defined(__SGI_STL_PORT) && !defined(_CPPLIB_VER)
+// Add missing specializations for MSVC
+namespace std
+{
+  class numeric_limits<__int64> : public _Num_int_base {
+   public:
+      static __int64 (__cdecl min)() _THROW0()
+      {return (_I64_MIN); }
+      static __int64 (__cdecl max)() _THROW0()
+      {return (_I64_MAX); }
+      static __int64 __cdecl epsilon() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static __int64 __cdecl round_error() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static __int64 __cdecl denorm_min() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static __int64 __cdecl infinity() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static __int64 __cdecl quiet_NaN() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static __int64 __cdecl signaling_NaN() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+    
+      _STCONS(bool, is_signed, true);
+      _STCONS(int, digits, CHAR_BIT * sizeof (__int64) - 1);
+      _STCONS(int, digits10, (CHAR_BIT * sizeof (__int64) - 1)
+              * 301L / 1000);
+  };
+
+  class numeric_limits<unsigned __int64> : public _Num_int_base {
+   public:
+      static unsigned __int64 (__cdecl min)() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static unsigned __int64 (__cdecl max)() _THROW0()
+      {return (_UI64_MAX); }
+      static unsigned __int64 __cdecl epsilon() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static unsigned __int64 __cdecl round_error() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static unsigned __int64 __cdecl denorm_min() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static unsigned __int64 __cdecl infinity() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static unsigned __int64 __cdecl quiet_NaN() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      static unsigned __int64 __cdecl signaling_NaN() _THROW0()
+      {return 0; }
+      _STCONS(bool, is_signed, false);
+      _STCONS(int, digits, CHAR_BIT * sizeof (unsigned __int64));
+      _STCONS(int, digits10, (CHAR_BIT * sizeof (unsigned __int64))
+              * 301L / 1000);
+  };
+}
+#endif 
+
 #endif