diff --git a/test/regress/regress.h b/test/regress/regress.h
index 0dfaa366..02ab1fcb 100644
--- a/test/regress/regress.h
+++ b/test/regress/regress.h
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ __iterator_category(const debug_iterator<T>&) {
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(BOOST_RE_TEST_LOCALE_CPP) && !defined(BOOST_RE_TEST_LOCALE_C) && !defined(BOOST_RE_TEST_LOCALE_W32)
+#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(BOOST_RE_TEST_LOCALE_CPP) && !defined(BOOST_RE_TEST_LOCALE_C) && !defined(BOOST_RE_TEST_LOCALE_W32)&& !defined(BOOST_REGEX_NO_W32)
 #define BOOST_RE_TEST_LOCALE_W32
 #endif
 
@@ -445,3 +445,4 @@ typedef boost::reg_expression<char_t, boost::c_regex_traits<char_t>, jm_debug_al
 
 
 
+