diff --git a/include/boost/type_traits/has_trivial_constructor.hpp b/include/boost/type_traits/has_trivial_constructor.hpp
index 60ac52a..3fca9bf 100644
--- a/include/boost/type_traits/has_trivial_constructor.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/type_traits/has_trivial_constructor.hpp
@@ -24,17 +24,34 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+
+#if (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ * 100 + __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 409)) || defined(BOOST_CLANG)
+#include <boost/type_traits/is_default_constructible.hpp>
+#define BOOST_TT_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCT_FIX && is_default_constructible<T>::value
+#else
+//
+// Mot all compilers, particularly older GCC versions can handle the fix above.
+#define BOOST_TT_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCT_FIX
+#endif
+
 namespace boost {
 
 template <typename T> struct has_trivial_constructor
 #ifdef BOOST_HAS_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCTOR
-   : public integral_constant <bool, ((::boost::is_pod<T>::value || BOOST_HAS_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCTOR(T)) && is_default_constructible<T>::value)>{};
+   : public integral_constant <bool, ((::boost::is_pod<T>::value || BOOST_HAS_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCTOR(T)) BOOST_TT_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCT_FIX)>{};
 #else
    : public integral_constant <bool, ::boost::is_pod<T>::value>{};
 #endif
 
+template <> struct has_trivial_constructor<void> : public boost::false_type{};
+template <> struct has_trivial_constructor<void const> : public boost::false_type{};
+template <> struct has_trivial_constructor<void const volatile> : public boost::false_type{};
+template <> struct has_trivial_constructor<void volatile> : public boost::false_type{};
+
 template <class T> struct has_trivial_default_constructor : public has_trivial_constructor<T> {};
 
+#undef BOOST_TT_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCT_FIX
+
 } // namespace boost
 
 #endif // BOOST_TT_HAS_TRIVIAL_CONSTRUCTOR_HPP_INCLUDED