diff --git a/include/spdlog/common.h b/include/spdlog/common.h
index 55669278..21565053 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@
 
 #include <spdlog/details/null_mutex.h>
 
-//visual studio does not support noexcept yet
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
-#define SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT noexcept
-#else
+
+//visual studio upto 2013 does not support noexcept
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1900)
 #define SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT throw()
+#else
+#define SPDLOG_NOEXCEPT noexcept
 #endif
 
+
+
 namespace spdlog
 {