diff --git a/Foundation/include/Poco/Alignment.h b/Foundation/include/Poco/Alignment.h
index 1467feabd..3e75c90aa 100644
--- a/Foundation/include/Poco/Alignment.h
+++ b/Foundation/include/Poco/Alignment.h
@@ -173,11 +173,15 @@
 		POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(32);
 		POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(64);
 		POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(128);
-		POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(512);
-		POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(1024);
-		POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(2048);
-		POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(4096);
-		POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(8192);
+		
+		#if (_MSC_VER > 1600)  // MSVC 2010 complains on alignment  larger than 128
+			POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(512);
+			POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(1024);
+			POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(2048);
+			POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(4096);
+			POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT(8192);
+		#endif  // _MSC_VER > 1600
+		
 		// Any larger and MSVC complains.
 		#undef POCO_ALIGNEDCHARARRAY_TEMPLATE_ALIGNMENT