diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d6f04c..d9ac931 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ if (MSVC)
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /MT")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG   "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /MTd")
     endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
+    # Handle the (partly supported) MSVC versions prior to 2015
+    if (MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION LESS 140)
+      message(WARNING "--------------- MSVC < 2015 detected ---------------")
+      message(WARNING "Visual Studio prior to 2015 is not fully supported." )
+      message(WARNING "BLOB storage seems to be corrupted for the built-in" )
+      message(WARNING "SQLite3 implementation."                             )
+      message(WARNING "----------------------------------------------------")
+    endif (MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION LESS 140)
 else (MSVC)
     set(CPPLINT_ARG_OUTPUT      "--output=eclipse")
     set(CPPCHECK_ARG_TEMPLATE   "--template=gcc")
@@ -291,6 +299,14 @@ if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
     add_subdirectory(googletest)
     include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/googletest/googletest/include")
 
+    # Add definitions to keep googletest from making the compilation fail
+    if (MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION EQUAL 141)
+      target_compile_definitions(gtest PUBLIC _SILENCE_TR1_NAMESPACE_DEPRECATION_WARNING)
+      target_compile_definitions(gtest_main PUBLIC _SILENCE_TR1_NAMESPACE_DEPRECATION_WARNING)
+      target_compile_definitions(gmock PUBLIC _SILENCE_TR1_NAMESPACE_DEPRECATION_WARNING)
+      target_compile_definitions(gmock_main PUBLIC _SILENCE_TR1_NAMESPACE_DEPRECATION_WARNING)
+    endif (MSVC_TOOLSET_VERSION EQUAL 141)
+
     # add the unit test executable
     add_executable(SQLiteCpp_tests ${SQLITECPP_TESTS})
     target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests gtest_main SQLiteCpp sqlite3)