diff --git a/integer_traits_test.cpp b/integer_traits_test.cpp
index 15b454a..e3de239 100644
--- a/integer_traits_test.cpp
+++ b/integer_traits_test.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,15 @@ void runtest(const char * type, T)
             << ", max is " << make_char_numeric_for_streaming((traits::max)())
             << std::endl;
   BOOST_CHECK(traits::is_specialized);
+#if defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC <= 1200)
+  // MSVC++ 6.0 issues a LNK1179 error (duplicate comdat) when the compiler
+  // generates different symbol names with a very long common prefix:
+  // the dummy "&& true" disambiguates between the symbols generated by this
+  // BOOST_CHECK instantiation and the preceding one.
+  BOOST_CHECK(traits::is_integer && true);
+#else
   BOOST_CHECK(traits::is_integer);
+#endif
   BOOST_CHECK(traits::is_integral == true);
   BOOST_CHECK(traits::const_min == (traits::min)());
   BOOST_CHECK(traits::const_max == (traits::max)());