diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp
index e5d12918..90f32e41 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
 //    template<class E>
 //    BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 //    void check_ex (bool expression, const char *file, int line, const E &e) {}
+#define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK_FALSE(e)
 #define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK(expression, e)
 #define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK_EX(expression, file, line, e)
 #endif