diff --git a/include/spdlog/common.h b/include/spdlog/common.h
index af7bb8e9..146f035b 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 
 // visual studio upto 2013 does not support noexcept nor constexpr
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1900)
-#define SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT
+#define SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT _NOEXCEPT
 #define SPDLOG_CONSTEXPR
 #else
 #define SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT noexcept