diff --git a/googlemock/test/gmock_output_test_golden.txt b/googlemock/test/gmock_output_test_golden.txt
index 467fa20e..9a7adf6a 100644
--- a/googlemock/test/gmock_output_test_golden.txt
+++ b/googlemock/test/gmock_output_test_golden.txt
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ Stack trace:
 FILE:#: Failure
 Value of: (std::pair<int, bool>(42, true))
 Expected: is pair (first: is >= 48, second: true)
-  Actual: (42, true) (of type std::pair<int, bool>)
+  Actual: (42, true) (of type std::pair<int,bool>)
 [  FAILED  ] GMockOutputTest.PrintsMatcher
 [  FAILED  ] GMockOutputTest.UnexpectedCall
 [  FAILED  ] GMockOutputTest.UnexpectedCallToVoidFunction
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h
index 17a470b6..b23ad559 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-type-util.h
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ inline std::string CanonicalizeForStdLibVersioning(std::string s) {
       s.erase(strlen("std"), end - strlen("std"));
     }
   }
+
+  /* Strip redundant spaces in typename to match MSVC */
+  /* For example, std::pair<int, bool> -> std::pair<int,bool> */
+  static const char to_search[] = ", ";
+  static const char replace_str[] = ",";
+  size_t pos = 0;
+  while (true) {
+    // Get the next occurrence from the current position
+    pos = s.find(to_search, pos);
+    if (pos == std::string::npos) {
+      break;
+    }
+    // Replace this occurrence of substring
+    s.replace(pos, strlen(to_search), replace_str);
+    pos += strlen(replace_str);
+  }
   return s;
 }
 
@@ -85,6 +101,20 @@ inline std::string GetTypeName(const std::type_info& type) {
   const std::string name_str(status == 0 ? readable_name : name);
   free(readable_name);
   return CanonicalizeForStdLibVersioning(name_str);
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+  // Strip struct and class due to differences between
+  // MSVC and other compilers. std::pair<int,bool> is printed as
+  // "struct std::pair<int,bool>" when using MSVC vs "std::pair<int, bool>" with
+  // other compilers.
+  std::string s = name;
+  // Only strip the leading "struct " and "class ", so uses rfind == 0 to 
+  // ensure that
+  if (s.rfind("struct ", 0) == 0) {
+    s = s.substr(strlen("struct "));
+  } else if (s.rfind("class ", 0) == 0) {
+    s = s.substr(strlen("class "));
+  }
+  return s;
 #else
   return name;
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_CXXABI_H_ || __HP_aCC
diff --git a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
index ecffa376..180c3abe 100644
--- a/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
+++ b/googletest/test/gtest_unittest.cc
@@ -3314,11 +3314,7 @@ TEST_F(SingleEvaluationTest, OtherCases) {
 
 #if GTEST_HAS_RTTI
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define ERROR_DESC "class std::runtime_error"
-#else
 #define ERROR_DESC "std::runtime_error"
-#endif
 
 #else  // GTEST_HAS_RTTI