diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4182d1a..32fff95 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ compiletest_rs = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 
 [build-dependencies]
 gcc = { version = "0.3.52", optional = true }
+rustc_version = { version = "0.2" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rustyline = "1.0.0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 43e5b19..070d1b9 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #[cfg(feature = "builtin-lua")]
 extern crate gcc;
+extern crate rustc_version;
 
 use std::env;
 
 fn main() {
     let target_os = env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS");
     let target_family = env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_FAMILY");
-
-    if target_family == Ok("windows".to_string()) {
+    if target_family == Ok("windows".to_string())
+        && rustc_version::version().unwrap() == rustc_version::Version::parse("1.24.0").unwrap()
+    {
         // Error handling is completely broken on windows with
         // https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/46833 merged, and this includes stable rustc
         // 1.24.0+.  `#[unwind]` fixes error handling on windows, but requires nightly!  This