diff --git a/doc/ref/tuple_rem.html b/doc/ref/tuple_rem.html
index dc17129..80ee441 100644
--- a/doc/ref/tuple_rem.html
+++ b/doc/ref/tuple_rem.html
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ completely so that the macro can be invoked as BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM(); you may get
 functionality will still work. If you specify a size in the variadic
 version, it will be ignored, but the warning from some compilers will
 not occur.<br>
+<br>Note: For Visual C++ 8.0 ( Visual Studio 2005 ) you must specify the <i>size</i> argument.<br>
 		</div>
 	<h4>See Also</h4>
 		<ul>
diff --git a/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp b/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp
index af668a0..270c31a 100644
--- a/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/preprocessor/tuple/rem.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # /* **************************************************************************
 #  *                                                                          *
 #  *     (C) Copyright Paul Mensonides 2002-2011.                             *
-#  *     (C) Copyright Edward Diener 2011.                                    *
+#  *     (C) Copyright Edward Diener 2011,2013.                               *
 #  *     Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See      *
 #  *     accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at                         *
 #  *     http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)                                *
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@
 #
 # /* BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM */
 #
-# if BOOST_PP_VARIADICS
+/*
+  VC++8.0 cannot handle the variadic version of BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM(size)
+*/
+# if BOOST_PP_VARIADICS && !(BOOST_PP_VARIADICS_MSVC && _MSC_VER == 1400)
 #    define BOOST_PP_TUPLE_REM(size) BOOST_PP_REM
 # else
 #    if ~BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() & BOOST_PP_CONFIG_MWCC()