diff --git a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
index 978a799..811b1bd 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define CHAISCRIPT_MSVC _MSC_VER
 #define CHAISCRIPT_HAS_DECLSPEC
+#if _MSC_VER <= 1800
+#define CHAISCRIPT_MSVC_12
+#endif
 #endif
 
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/register_function.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/register_function.hpp
index f476a25..fb9c35d 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/register_function.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/register_function.hpp
@@ -40,17 +40,25 @@ namespace chaiscript
       template<typename Ret, typename Class, typename ... Args> 
         std::function<Ret (Class &, Args...) > to_function(Ret (Class::*func)(Args...))
         {
+#ifdef CHAISCRIPT_MSVC_12
           /// \todo this std::mem_fn wrap shouldn't be necessary but type conversions for 
           ///       std::function for member function pointers seems to be broken in MSVC
           return std::function<Ret(Class &, Args...)>(std::mem_fn(func));
+#else
+          return std::function<Ret(Class &, Args...)>(func);
+#endif
         }
 
       template<typename Ret, typename Class, typename ... Args> 
         std::function<Ret (const Class &, Args...) > to_function(Ret (Class::*func)(Args...) const)
         {
+#ifdef CHAISCRIPT_MSVC_12
           /// \todo this std::mem_fn wrap shouldn't be necessary but type conversions for 
           ///       std::function for member function pointers seems to be broken in MSVC
-          return std::function<Ret (const Class &, Args...)>(std::mem_fn(func));
+          return std::function<Ret(const Class &, Args...)>(std::mem_fn(func));
+#else
+          return std::function<Ret(const Class &, Args...)>(func);
+#endif
         }
 
       template<bool Object>