diff --git a/Builds/VisualStudio2015/RippleD.vcxproj b/Builds/VisualStudio2015/RippleD.vcxproj
index 75b8f0e794..b6a10a52d4 100644
--- a/Builds/VisualStudio2015/RippleD.vcxproj
+++ b/Builds/VisualStudio2015/RippleD.vcxproj
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
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+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_USLEEP=1;SOCI_CXX_C11=1;_WIN32_WINNT=0x6000;BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR;DEBUG;DEPRECATED_IN_MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7_AND_LATER;NOMINMAX;NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS;OPENSSL_NO_SSL2;WIN32_CONSOLE;_CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_DEBUG;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SILENCE_STDEXT_HASH_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
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+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_USLEEP=1;SOCI_CXX_C11=1;_WIN32_WINNT=0x6000;BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR;DEBUG;DEPRECATED_IN_MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7_AND_LATER;NOMINMAX;NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS;OPENSSL_NO_SSL2;WIN32_CONSOLE;_CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_DEBUG;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SILENCE_STDEXT_HASH_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
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@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
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+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>HAVE_USLEEP=1;SOCI_CXX_C11=1;_WIN32_WINNT=0x6000;BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR;DEPRECATED_IN_MAC_OS_X_VERSION_10_7_AND_LATER;NDEBUG;NOMINMAX;NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS;OPENSSL_NO_SSL2;WIN32_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_SILENCE_STDEXT_HASH_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index a978da93aa..ca5c0adba6 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ def config_base(env):
         ,{'SOCI_CXX_C11' : '1'}
         ,'_SILENCE_STDEXT_HASH_DEPRECATION_WARNINGS'
         ,'BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR'
+        ,'NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS'
         ])
 
     if Beast.system.windows:
diff --git a/src/ripple/core/ReportUncaughtException.h b/src/ripple/core/ReportUncaughtException.h
index 2422b39794..1ffdc1fe39 100644
--- a/src/ripple/core/ReportUncaughtException.h
+++ b/src/ripple/core/ReportUncaughtException.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void reportUncaughtException (
         "Last argument must be a lamdba taking no arguments "
         "and returning std::string.");
 
-#ifdef __APPLE__
+#ifdef NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS
     // Don't use a try block so we can get a good call stack.
     ((t)->*(threadTop)) ();
 #else
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void reportUncaughtException (
     {
         logUncaughtException ("unknown exception type");
     }
-#endif // __APPLE__ else
+#endif // NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS else
 }
 
 // Handle the common case where there is no additional local information.
diff --git a/src/ripple/core/tests/ReportUncaughtException.test.cpp b/src/ripple/core/tests/ReportUncaughtException.test.cpp
index 3ad85d17b6..d1ada49de7 100644
--- a/src/ripple/core/tests/ReportUncaughtException.test.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/core/tests/ReportUncaughtException.test.cpp
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 
 namespace ripple {
 
-// reportUncaughtException is disabled if __APPLE__ is defined.
-#ifndef __APPLE__
+// reportUncaughtException is disabled if NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS is defined.
+#ifndef NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS
 
 class ReportUncaughtException_test : public TestSuite
 {
@@ -164,6 +164,6 @@ public:
 
 BEAST_DEFINE_TESTSUITE (ReportUncaughtException, core, ripple);
 
-#endif // __APPLE__
+#endif // NO_LOG_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS
 
 }  // ripple