diff --git a/include/boost/config/stdlib/dinkumware.hpp b/include/boost/config/stdlib/dinkumware.hpp
index 86e46718..b3a92a37 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/stdlib/dinkumware.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/stdlib/dinkumware.hpp
@@ -86,9 +86,18 @@
 #  define BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE
 #endif
 
+// Fix for VC++ 8.0 on up ( I do not have a previous vesion to test )
+// or clang-cl. If exceptions are off you must manually include the 
+// <exception> header before including the <typeinfo> header. Admittedly 
+// trying to use Boost libraries or the standard C++ libraries without 
+// exception support is not suggested but currently clang-cl ( v 3.4 ) 
+// does not support exceptions and must be compiled with exceptions off.
+#if !_HAS_EXCEPTIONS && ((defined(BOOST_MSVC) && BOOST_MSVC >= 1400) || (defined(__clang__) && defined(_MSC_VER)))
+#include <exception>
+#endif
 #include <typeinfo>
 #if ( (!_HAS_EXCEPTIONS && !defined(__ghs__)) || (!_HAS_NAMESPACE && defined(__ghs__)) ) && !defined(__TI_COMPILER_VERSION__)
-#  define BOOST_NO_STD_TYPEINFO    
+#  define BOOST_NO_STD_TYPEINFO
 #endif  
 
 //  C++0x headers implemented in 520 (as shipped by Microsoft)
@@ -150,12 +159,3 @@
 #else
 #  define BOOST_STDLIB "Dinkumware standard library version 1.x"
 #endif
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