diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index 44626657c..87a223152 100755
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -2379,7 +2379,11 @@ class basic_json
     ///////////////
 
     /// an iterator value
-    union internal_iterator
+    #ifdef _MSC_VER
+      struct internal_iterator
+    #else
+      union internal_iterator
+    #endif
     {
         /// iterator for JSON objects
         typename object_t::iterator object_iterator;