diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
index 2f38ca40..ae8ad189 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/Utils/PropertyManager.hh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ namespace OpenMesh {
  */
 template<typename PROPTYPE, typename MeshT>
 class PropertyManager {
-#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1900)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1800)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
     public:
         PropertyManager(const PropertyManager&) = delete;
         PropertyManager& operator=(const PropertyManager&) = delete;
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class PropertyManager {
 
         MeshT &getMesh() const { return *mesh_; }
 
-#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1900)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1800)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
         /// Only for pre C++11 compatibility.
 
         typedef PropertyManager<PROPTYPE, MeshT> Proxy;
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ class PropertyManager {
                 (*this)[*begin] = value;
         }
 
-#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1900)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1800)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
         template<typename HandleTypeIteratorRange, typename PROP_VALUE>
         void set_range(const HandleTypeIteratorRange &range,
                 const PROP_VALUE &value) {
diff --git a/src/Unittests/unittests_propertymanager.cc b/src/Unittests/unittests_propertymanager.cc
index 7a1f1d21..3fd7b646 100644
--- a/src/Unittests/unittests_propertymanager.cc
+++ b/src/Unittests/unittests_propertymanager.cc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ TEST_F(OpenMeshPropertyManager, set_range_bool) {
           ASSERT_TRUE(pm_f_bool[*f_it]);
   }
 
-#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1900)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1800)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
   /*
    * Same thing again, this time with C++11 ranges.
    */
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ TEST_F(OpenMeshPropertyManager, set_range_bool) {
  * C++11 Specific Tests
  * ====================================================================
  */
-#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1900)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
+#if (defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1800)) || __cplusplus > 199711L || defined(__GXX_EXPERIMENTAL_CXX0X__)
 
 template<typename PropHandle, typename Mesh>
 bool has_property(const Mesh& _mesh, const std::string& _name) {