diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 06daca9cfd..9f779ab04d 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ wxMSW:
 
 - no longer take ampersand into account in wxStaticText::GetBestSize
 - set orientation for scrollbar events
+- fix for explicit keyword detection (VC++)
 
 wxMotif:
 
diff --git a/include/wx/defs.h b/include/wx/defs.h
index d28bdd0090..bd6de4e936 100644
--- a/include/wx/defs.h
+++ b/include/wx/defs.h
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ typedef int wxWindowID;
 
 // check for explicit keyword support
 #ifndef HAVE_EXPLICIT
-    #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ > 1200)
+    #if defined(__VISUALC__) && (__VISUALC__ >= 1200)
         // VC++ 6.0 has explicit (what about the earlier versions?)
         #define HAVE_EXPLICIT
     #elif defined(__BORLANDC__) && (__BORLANDC__ >= 0x0520)