diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61af59c9..2b29ed8c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -128,6 +128,13 @@ endif ()
 #  add_definitions(-DFMT_USE_DELETED_FUNCTIONS=1)
 #endif ()
 
+#check_cxx_source_compiles("
+#  static_assert(true, \"\");
+#  int main(){}" FMT_STATIC_ASSERT)
+#if (FMT_STATIC_ASSERT)
+#  add_definitions(-DFMT_USE_STATIC_ASSERT=1)
+#endif ()
+
 # GTest doesn't detect <tuple> with clang.
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
   target_compile_definitions(gmock PUBLIC GTEST_USE_OWN_TR1_TUPLE=1)
diff --git a/posix.h b/posix.h
index 0f31f601..c8075cfb 100644
--- a/posix.h
+++ b/posix.h
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@
 # define FMT_UNUSED
 #endif
 
-#if FMT_USE_STATIC_ASSERT
+#if FMT_USE_STATIC_ASSERT || FMT_HAS_CPP_ATTRIBUTE(cxx_static_assert) || \
+  (FMT_GCC_VERSION >= 403 && __cplusplus >= 201103) ||  _MSC_VER >= 1600 
 # define FMT_STATIC_ASSERT(cond, message) static_assert(cond, message)
 #else
 # define FMT_CONCAT_(a, b) FMT_CONCAT(a, b)