diff --git a/include/wx/mac/setup0.h b/include/wx/mac/setup0.h
index cb0d271e0c..a2db640a3c 100644
--- a/include/wx/mac/setup0.h
+++ b/include/wx/mac/setup0.h
@@ -121,7 +121,12 @@
 // Default is 1
 //
 // Recommended setting: 1 if your compiler supports it.
-#define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 1
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || \
+    (defined(__BORLANDC__) && __BORLANDC__ >= 0x0550)
+    #define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 1
+#else
+    #define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 0
+#endif
 
 // Set this to 1 to be able to generate a human-readable (unlike
 // machine-readable minidumop created by wxCrashReport::Generate()) stack back
diff --git a/include/wx/msw/setup0.h b/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
index fd814ff1c9..ee73cbb7d6 100644
--- a/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
+++ b/include/wx/msw/setup0.h
@@ -120,7 +120,12 @@
 // Default is 1
 //
 // Recommended setting: 1 if your compiler supports it.
-#define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 1
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || \
+    (defined(__BORLANDC__) && __BORLANDC__ >= 0x0550)
+    #define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 1
+#else
+    #define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 0
+#endif
 
 // Set this to 1 to be able to generate a human-readable (unlike
 // machine-readable minidumop created by wxCrashReport::Generate()) stack back
diff --git a/include/wx/setup_inc.h b/include/wx/setup_inc.h
index d05c40db5f..996845a9fb 100644
--- a/include/wx/setup_inc.h
+++ b/include/wx/setup_inc.h
@@ -105,7 +105,12 @@
 // Default is 1
 //
 // Recommended setting: 1 if your compiler supports it.
-#define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 1
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || \
+    (defined(__BORLANDC__) && __BORLANDC__ >= 0x0550)
+    #define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 1
+#else
+    #define wxUSE_ON_FATAL_EXCEPTION 0
+#endif
 
 // Set this to 1 to be able to generate a human-readable (unlike
 // machine-readable minidumop created by wxCrashReport::Generate()) stack back