diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/definitions.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/definitions.hpp
index 66cb9699..733ef745 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/definitions.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/definitions.hpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
 
     // Dimension accessors
     namespace dimension {
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION
         // Generic accessors
         template<unsigned dimension>
         struct dimension_properties {};
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
             typedef typename I::container_type container_type;
             return dimension_properties<dimension>::template index<container_type> (i);
         }
+#endif
 
         // Named accessors - just syntactic sugar
         template<class V>