diff --git a/lite/utils/macros.h b/lite/utils/macros.h
index 5c2f85e92cd7c16f5aabe1b46af90c4584440a8d..632a99627acab3e973121358a786b23a3b7f4bd4 100644
--- a/lite/utils/macros.h
+++ b/lite/utils/macros.h
@@ -59,8 +59,11 @@
 // Thread local storage will be ignored because the linker for iOS 8 does not
 // support it.
 #define LITE_THREAD_LOCAL
-#elif __cplusplus >= 201103
+#elif defined(__cplusplus) && (__cplusplus >= 201103)
+#define LITE_THREAD_LOCAL thread_local
+#elif defined(_WIN32)
+// The MSVC compiler does not support standards switches for C++11.
 #define LITE_THREAD_LOCAL thread_local
 #else
-#error "C++11 support is required for paddle-lite compilation."
+#error "[Paddle-Lite] C++11 support is required for paddle-lite compilation."
 #endif