diff --git a/v1/vc7-tools.jam b/v1/vc7-tools.jam
index dae78ef69..d307793a5 100644
--- a/v1/vc7-tools.jam
+++ b/v1/vc7-tools.jam
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ if ! $(MSVCDir)
 }
 VC_PDB_NAME = vc70 ;
 
+flags vc7 CFLAGS : /Op ;
+flags vc7 C++FLAGS : /Zc:wchar_t,forScope ;
+
 # The following #// line will be used by the regression test table generation
 # program as the column heading for HTML tables. Must not include version number.
 #//<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/default.asp">Micro-<br>soft<br>VC++</a>
diff --git a/vc7-tools.jam b/vc7-tools.jam
index dae78ef69..d307793a5 100644
--- a/vc7-tools.jam
+++ b/vc7-tools.jam
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ if ! $(MSVCDir)
 }
 VC_PDB_NAME = vc70 ;
 
+flags vc7 CFLAGS : /Op ;
+flags vc7 C++FLAGS : /Zc:wchar_t,forScope ;
+
 # The following #// line will be used by the regression test table generation
 # program as the column heading for HTML tables. Must not include version number.
 #//<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/default.asp">Micro-<br>soft<br>VC++</a>