diff --git a/include/boost/regex/config.hpp b/include/boost/regex/config.hpp
index 7e5d898c..991f1cba 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/config.hpp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ using std::distance;
 #endif
  
 #if (defined(BOOST_MSVC) || defined(__BORLANDC__)) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_NO_LIB) && !defined(BOOST_REGEX_SOURCE)
-#  define BOOST_LIB_NAME "boost_regex"
+#  define BOOST_LIB_NAME boost_regex
 #  ifdef BOOST_REGEX_DYN_LINK
 #     define BOOST_DYN_LINK
 #  endif