diff --git a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
index 87f3eeb..1b340cb 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/chaiscript_defines.hpp
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 #define CHAISCRIPT_DEFINES_HPP_
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define CHAISCRIPT_COMPILER_VERSION #_MSC_FULL_VER
+#define CHAISCRIPT_STRINGIZE(x) "" #x
+#define CHAISCRIPT_COMPILER_VERSION CHAISCRIPT_STRINGIZE(_MSC_FULL_VER)
 #define CHAISCRIPT_MSVC _MSC_VER
 #define CHAISCRIPT_HAS_DECLSPEC
 #if _MSC_VER <= 1800