diff --git a/example/timer/regex_timer.cpp b/example/timer/regex_timer.cpp
index 5e92cf7f..5392665e 100644
--- a/example/timer/regex_timer.cpp
+++ b/example/timer/regex_timer.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ using std::getline;
 #include <boost/regex.hpp>
 #include <boost/timer.hpp> 
 #include <boost/smart_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
 
 #if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1300)) || defined(__sgi)
 // maybe no Koenig lookup, use using declaration instead:
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ int main(int argc, char**argv)
    double tim;
    bool result;
    int iters = 100;
-   double wait_time = std::min(t.elapsed_min() * 1000, 1.0);
+   double wait_time = boost::std_min(t.elapsed_min() * 1000, 1.0);
 
    while(true)
    {
diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v3/regex_match.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v3/regex_match.hpp
index 8fae9c9d..66db56e8 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v3/regex_match.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v3/regex_match.hpp
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public:
    {
       difference_type dist = boost::re_detail::distance(a,b);
       states *= states;
-      difference_type lim = std::numeric_limits<difference_type>::max() - 1000 - states;
+      difference_type lim = (std::numeric_limits<difference_type>::max)() - 1000 - states;
       if(dist > (difference_type)(lim / states))
          max_state_count = lim;
       else
diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp
index a8c485d5..b8978ffa 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_common.hpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ void perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::estimate_max_sta
    difference_type dist = boost::re_detail::distance(base, last);
    traits_size_type states = static_cast<traits_size_type>(re.size());
    states *= states;
-   difference_type lim = std::numeric_limits<difference_type>::max() - 1000 - states;
+   difference_type lim = (std::numeric_limits<difference_type>::max)() - 1000 - states;
    if(dist > (difference_type)(lim / states))
       max_state_count = lim;
    else
diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp
index 0f231a27..c29f3fe7 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_non_recursive.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #define BOOST_REGEX_V4_PERL_MATCHER_NON_RECURSIVE_HPP
 
 #include <new>
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
 
 #ifdef BOOST_HAS_ABI_HEADERS
 #  include BOOST_ABI_PREFIX
@@ -546,7 +547,7 @@ bool perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::match_dot_repeat
       return match_dot_repeat_slow();
 
    const re_repeat* rep = static_cast<const re_repeat*>(pstate);
-   unsigned count = std::min(static_cast<unsigned>(re_detail::distance(position, last)), static_cast<unsigned>(rep->greedy ? rep->max : rep->min));
+   unsigned count = std_min(static_cast<unsigned>(re_detail::distance(position, last)), static_cast<unsigned>(rep->greedy ? rep->max : rep->min));
    if(rep->min > count)
       return false;  // not enough text left to match
    std::advance(position, count);
@@ -593,7 +594,7 @@ bool perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::match_char_repea
    if(::boost::is_random_access_iterator<BidiIterator>::value)
    {
       BidiIterator end = position;
-      std::advance(end, std::min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
+      std::advance(end, std_min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
       BidiIterator origin(position);
       while((position != end) && (traits_inst.translate(*position, icase) == what))
       {
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ bool perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::match_set_repeat
    if(::boost::is_random_access_iterator<BidiIterator>::value)
    {
       BidiIterator end = position;
-      std::advance(end, std::min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
+      std::advance(end, std_min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
       BidiIterator origin(position);
       while((position != end) && map[(traits_uchar_type)traits_inst.translate(*position, icase)])
       {
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ bool perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::match_long_set_r
    if(::boost::is_random_access_iterator<BidiIterator>::value)
    {
       BidiIterator end = position;
-      std::advance(end, std::min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
+      std::advance(end, std_min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
       BidiIterator origin(position);
       while((position != end) && (position != re_is_set_member(position, last, set, re)))
       {
diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_recursive.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_recursive.hpp
index 89c78e27..78f856dd 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_recursive.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/perl_matcher_recursive.hpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef BOOST_REGEX_V4_PERL_MATCHER_RECURSIVE_HPP
 #define BOOST_REGEX_V4_PERL_MATCHER_RECURSIVE_HPP
 
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
+
 #ifdef BOOST_HAS_ABI_HEADERS
 #  include BOOST_ABI_PREFIX
 #endif
@@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ bool perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::match_dot_repeat
    // start by working out how much we can skip:
    //
    const re_repeat* rep = static_cast<const re_repeat*>(pstate);
-   unsigned count = std::min(static_cast<unsigned>(re_detail::distance(position, last)), (rep->greedy ? rep->max : rep->min));
+   unsigned count = std_min(static_cast<unsigned>(re_detail::distance(position, last)), (rep->greedy ? rep->max : rep->min));
    if(rep->min > count)
       return false;  // not enough text left to match
    std::advance(position, count);
@@ -458,7 +460,7 @@ bool perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::match_char_repea
    if(::boost::is_random_access_iterator<BidiIterator>::value)
    {
       BidiIterator end = position;
-      std::advance(end, std::min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
+      std::advance(end, std_min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
       BidiIterator origin(position);
       while((position != end) && (traits_inst.translate(*position, icase) == what))
       {
@@ -538,7 +540,7 @@ bool perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::match_set_repeat
    if(::boost::is_random_access_iterator<BidiIterator>::value)
    {
       BidiIterator end = position;
-      std::advance(end, std::min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
+      std::advance(end, std_min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
       BidiIterator origin(position);
       while((position != end) && map[(traits_uchar_type)traits_inst.translate(*position, icase)])
       {
@@ -618,7 +620,7 @@ bool perl_matcher<BidiIterator, Allocator, traits, Allocator2>::match_long_set_r
    if(::boost::is_random_access_iterator<BidiIterator>::value)
    {
       BidiIterator end = position;
-      std::advance(end, std::min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
+      std::advance(end, std_min((unsigned)re_detail::distance(position, last), desired));
       BidiIterator origin(position);
       while((position != end) && (position != re_is_set_member(position, last, set, re)))
       {
diff --git a/performance/regex_comparison.hpp b/performance/regex_comparison.hpp
index 5e309ff4..4117a084 100644
--- a/performance/regex_comparison.hpp
+++ b/performance/regex_comparison.hpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ struct results
         safe_greta_time(-1),
         posix_time(-1),
         pcre_time(-1),
-        factor(std::numeric_limits<double>::max()),
+        factor((std::numeric_limits<double>::max)()),
         expression(ex), 
         description(desc)
    {}
diff --git a/performance/time_boost.cpp b/performance/time_boost.cpp
index 52d27bab..b030c69a 100644
--- a/performance/time_boost.cpp
+++ b/performance/time_boost.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
 #include "regex_comparison.hpp"
 #include <boost/timer.hpp>
 #include <boost/regex.hpp>
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ double time_match(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          boost::regex_match(text, what, e);
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ double time_find_all(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          boost::regex_grep(&dummy_grep_proc, text, e);
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
diff --git a/performance/time_greta.cpp b/performance/time_greta.cpp
index 7653c6ce..6f08c2d8 100644
--- a/performance/time_greta.cpp
+++ b/performance/time_greta.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
 #include "regex_comparison.hpp"
 #if defined(BOOST_HAS_GRETA)
 #include <cassert>
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ double time_match(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          e.match(text, what);
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ double time_find_all(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          }
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
diff --git a/performance/time_localised_boost.cpp b/performance/time_localised_boost.cpp
index fb748deb..56bff664 100644
--- a/performance/time_localised_boost.cpp
+++ b/performance/time_localised_boost.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "regex_comparison.hpp"
 #include <boost/timer.hpp>
 #include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
 
 namespace bl{
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ double time_match(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          boost::regex_match(text, what, e);
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ double time_find_all(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          boost::regex_grep(&dummy_grep_proc, text, e);
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
diff --git a/performance/time_pcre.cpp b/performance/time_pcre.cpp
index 94ebbf81..95603412 100644
--- a/performance/time_pcre.cpp
+++ b/performance/time_pcre.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cfloat>
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
 #include "regex_comparison.hpp"
 #ifdef BOOST_HAS_PCRE
 #include "pcre.h"
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ double time_match(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          erroffset = pcre_exec(ppcre, pe, text.c_str(), text.size(), 0, 0, what, sizeof(what)/sizeof(int));
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    free(ppcre);
    free(pe);
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ double time_find_all(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          }
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
diff --git a/performance/time_posix.cpp b/performance/time_posix.cpp
index 6972ec8c..75504ba0 100644
--- a/performance/time_posix.cpp
+++ b/performance/time_posix.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cfloat>
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
 #include "regex_comparison.hpp"
 #ifdef BOOST_HAS_POSIX
 #include <boost/timer.hpp>
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ double time_match(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          regexec(&e, text.c_str(), e.re_nsub, what, 0);
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    regfree(&e);
    return result / iter;
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ double time_find_all(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          }
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
diff --git a/performance/time_safe_greta.cpp b/performance/time_safe_greta.cpp
index cbf856b8..64664cb3 100644
--- a/performance/time_safe_greta.cpp
+++ b/performance/time_safe_greta.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 #include <boost/timer.hpp>
+#include <boost/minmax.hpp>
 #include "regexpr2.h"
 
 namespace gs{
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ double time_match(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          e.match(text, what);
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ double time_find_all(const std::string& re, const std::string& text, bool icase)
          }
       }
       run = tim.elapsed();
-      result = std::min(run, result);
+      result = std_min(run, result);
    }
    return result / iter;
 }