diff --git a/src/jrd/os/win32/mod_loader.cpp b/src/jrd/os/win32/mod_loader.cpp
index 8969dd5b18..d15e0ca228 100644
--- a/src/jrd/os/win32/mod_loader.cpp
+++ b/src/jrd/os/win32/mod_loader.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ public:
 		hActCtx = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 
 // if we don't use MSVC then we don't use MS CRT ?
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
+// NS: versions of MSVC before 2005 and, as preliminary reports suggest,
+// after 2008 do not need this hack
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) || (_MSC_VER <= 1400)
 		return;
 #else