diff --git a/include/nonstd/expected.hpp b/include/nonstd/expected.hpp
index 69bee75..8cd2cc4 100644
--- a/include/nonstd/expected.hpp
+++ b/include/nonstd/expected.hpp
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 // Control presence of exception handling (try and auto discover):
 
 #ifndef nsel_CONFIG_NO_EXCEPTIONS
-# if defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || defined(_CPPUNWIND)
+# if defined(__cpp_exceptions) || defined(__EXCEPTIONS) || (_HAS_EXCEPTIONS != 0)
 #  define nsel_CONFIG_NO_EXCEPTIONS  0
 # else
 #  define nsel_CONFIG_NO_EXCEPTIONS  1