diff --git a/Include/pythonrun.h b/Include/pythonrun.h
index c5635ba..b2b3afd 100644
--- a/Include/pythonrun.h
+++ b/Include/pythonrun.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
    to a 8k margin. */
 #define PYOS_STACK_MARGIN 2048
 
-#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(MS_WIN64) && defined(_MSC_VER)
+#if defined(WIN32) && !defined(MS_WIN64) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1300
 /* Enable stack checking under Microsoft C */
 #define USE_STACKCHECK
 #endif