diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
index 132e806b..e8510a50 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/visualc.hpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #  define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
 #  define BOOST_NO_DEPENDENT_TYPES_IN_TEMPLATE_VALUE_PARAMETERS
 #  define BOOST_NO_VOID_RETURNS
+#  define BOOST_NO_EXCEPTION_STD_NAMESPACE
    // disable min/max macro defines on vc6:
    //
 #endif