diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/metrowerks.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/metrowerks.hpp
index a1900252..0c8fd2b1 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/metrowerks.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/metrowerks.hpp
@@ -23,11 +23,14 @@
 //#     define BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ORDERING
 #   endif
 
-#   if(__MWERKS__ <= 0x2406) || !defined(BOOST_STRICT_CONFIG)  // 7.0 & 7.1
+#   if(__MWERKS__ <= 0x2406)  // 7.0 & 7.1
 #     define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_TEMPLATE_FRIENDS
 #     define BOOST_NO_MEMBER_FUNCTION_SPECIALIZATIONS
 #   endif
 
+#   if(__MWERKS__ <= 0x300) || !defined(BOOST_STRICT_CONFIG)  // 8.0
+#   endif
+
 #if !__option(wchar_type)
 #   define BOOST_NO_INTRINSIC_WCHAR_T
 #endif
@@ -42,8 +45,8 @@
 #  error "Compiler not supported or configured - please reconfigure"
 #endif
 //
-// last known and checked version is 0x2406:
-#if (__MWERKS__ > 0x2406)
+// last known and checked version is 0x3000:
+#if (__MWERKS__ > 0x3000)
 #  if defined(BOOST_ASSERT_CONFIG)
 #     error "Unknown compiler version - please run the configure tests and report the results"
 #  endif