diff --git a/glm/detail/setup.hpp b/glm/detail/setup.hpp
index 0148f5f9..e2f65e88 100644
--- a/glm/detail/setup.hpp
+++ b/glm/detail/setup.hpp
@@ -506,6 +506,14 @@
 	((GLM_LANG & GLM_LANG_CXX0X_FLAG) && (GLM_COMPILER & GLM_COMPILER_GCC) && (GLM_COMPILER >= GLM_COMPILER_GCC43)) || \
 	__has_feature(cxx_rvalue_references))
 
+// N2437
+#define GLM_HAS_EXPLICIT_CONVERSION_OPERATORS ( \
+	(GLM_LANG & GLM_LANG_CXX11_FLAG) || \
+	((GLM_LANG & GLM_LANG_CXX0X_FLAG) && ((GLM_COMPILER & GLM_COMPILER_VC) && (GLM_COMPILER >= GLM_COMPILER_VC2013))) || \
+	((GLM_LANG & GLM_LANG_CXX0X_FLAG) && ((GLM_COMPILER & GLM_COMPILER_INTEL) && (GLM_COMPILER >= GLM_COMPILER_INTEL14))) || \
+	((GLM_LANG & GLM_LANG_CXX0X_FLAG) && (GLM_COMPILER & GLM_COMPILER_GCC) && (GLM_COMPILER >= GLM_COMPILER_GCC45)) || \
+	__has_feature(cxx_explicit_conversions)
+
 #define GLM_HAS_STL_ARRAY ( \
 	(GLM_LANG & GLM_LANG_CXX11_FLAG) || \
 	((GLM_LANG & GLM_LANG_CXX0X_FLAG) && ((GLM_COMPILER & GLM_COMPILER_VC) && (GLM_COMPILER >= GLM_COMPILER_VC2010))) || \
diff --git a/glm/gtc/quaternion.hpp b/glm/gtc/quaternion.hpp
index 15372cd0..0230bacf 100644
--- a/glm/gtc/quaternion.hpp
+++ b/glm/gtc/quaternion.hpp
@@ -113,8 +113,10 @@ namespace glm
 #		endif
 		
 		// explicit conversion operators
-		GLM_FUNC_DECL explicit operator tmat3x3<T, P>();
-		GLM_FUNC_DECL explicit operator tmat4x4<T, P>();
+#		if GLM_HAS_EXPLICIT_CONVERSION_OPERATORS
+			GLM_FUNC_DECL explicit operator tmat3x3<T, P>();
+			GLM_FUNC_DECL explicit operator tmat4x4<T, P>();
+#		endif
 		
 		/// Create a quaternion from two normalized axis
 		/// 
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index fec7dd1c..97a40c66 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ GLM 0.9.6.1: 2014-12-XX
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fixes:
 - Fixed scalar uaddCarry build error with Cuda #276
+- Fixed C++11 explicit conversion operators detection #282
 
 ================================================================================
 GLM 0.9.6.0: 2014-11-30