diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/json_grammar_config.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/json_grammar_config.hpp
index 26c117201..b46626817 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/json_grammar_config.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/json_grammar_config.hpp
@@ -113,6 +113,33 @@ using feature_context_const_type = x3::with_context<feature_tag,
         , Context const& context, boost::spirit::x3::unused_type const& ); \
     /***/
 
+
+
+#ifdef _WINDOWS
+
+// VC++ C2995 fix
+#undef BOOST_SPIRIT_DEFINE_
+#undef BOOST_SPIRIT_DEFINE
+
+#define BOOST_SPIRIT_DEFINE_(r, data, rule_name)                                \
+    using BOOST_PP_CAT(rule_name, _synonym) = decltype(rule_name);              \
+    template <typename Iterator, typename Context, typename Attribute>          \
+    inline bool parse_rule(                                                     \
+        BOOST_PP_CAT(rule_name, _synonym) rule_                                 \
+      , Iterator& first, Iterator const& last                                   \
+      , Context const& context, Attribute& attr)                                \
+    {                                                                           \
+        using boost::spirit::x3::unused;                                        \
+        static auto const def_ = (rule_name = BOOST_PP_CAT(rule_name, _def));   \
+        return def_.parse(first, last, context, unused, attr);                  \
+    }                                                                           \
+    /***/
+
+#define BOOST_SPIRIT_DEFINE(...) BOOST_PP_SEQ_FOR_EACH(                         \
+    BOOST_SPIRIT_DEFINE_, _, BOOST_PP_VARIADIC_TO_SEQ(__VA_ARGS__))             \
+    /***/
+#endif
+
 }}}
 
 #endif // MAPNIK_JSON_GRAMMAR_CONFIG_HPP
diff --git a/src/svg/svg_parser.cpp b/src/svg/svg_parser.cpp
index 0d4db78d4..8031fc53c 100644
--- a/src/svg/svg_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/svg/svg_parser.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <mapnik/util/file_io.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/util/utf_conv_win.hpp>
 #include <mapnik/util/dasharray_parser.hpp>
-
+#include <mapnik/json/json_grammar_config.hpp>
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #include <mapnik/warning_ignore_agg.hpp>
 #include "agg_ellipse.h"