diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/config.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/config.hpp
index 3c62cf75..3cf4924f 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/config.hpp
@@ -361,8 +361,11 @@ namespace std {
 
 // Bounds check
 #define BOOST_UBLAS_BOUNDS_CHECK
+
 // Type check for non dense matrices
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_UBLAS_TYPE_CHECK
 #define BOOST_UBLAS_TYPE_CHECK
+#endif
 
 #endif