diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractor.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractor.h
index 1928c2ab..d3e0a2f1 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractor.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractor.h
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		};
 
 	public:
+		// This is a bit ugly - it seems that the C++03 syntax is different from the C++11 syntax? See this thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6076015/typename-outside-of-template
+		// Long term we should probably come back to this and if the #ifdef is still needed then maybe it should check for C++11 mode instead of MSVC? 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+		CubicSurfaceExtractor(VolumeType* volData, Region region, SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterial>* result, WrapMode eWrapMode = WrapModes::Border, typename VolumeType::VoxelType tBorderValue = VolumeType::VoxelType(0), bool bMergeQuads = true, IsQuadNeeded isQuadNeeded = IsQuadNeeded());
+#else
 		CubicSurfaceExtractor(VolumeType* volData, Region region, SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterial>* result, WrapMode eWrapMode = WrapModes::Border, typename VolumeType::VoxelType tBorderValue = typename VolumeType::VoxelType(0), bool bMergeQuads = true, IsQuadNeeded isQuadNeeded = IsQuadNeeded());
+#endif
 
 
 		void execute();		
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.h
index 6b74f5ee..138887cb 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals.h
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	class CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals
 	{
 	public:
+		// This is a bit ugly - it seems that the C++03 syntax is different from the C++11 syntax? See this thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6076015/typename-outside-of-template
+		// Long term we should probably come back to this and if the #ifdef is still needed then maybe it should check for C++11 mode instead of MSVC? 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+		CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals(VolumeType* volData, Region region, SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal>* result, WrapMode eWrapMode = WrapModes::Border, typename VolumeType::VoxelType tBorderValue = VolumeType::VoxelType(0), IsQuadNeeded isQuadNeeded = IsQuadNeeded());
+#else
 		CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals(VolumeType* volData, Region region, SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal>* result, WrapMode eWrapMode = WrapModes::Border, typename VolumeType::VoxelType tBorderValue = typename VolumeType::VoxelType(0), IsQuadNeeded isQuadNeeded = IsQuadNeeded());
+#endif
 
 		void execute();
 
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.h
index 4eacd253..094ed4c5 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor.h
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	class MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor
 	{
 	public:
+		// This is a bit ugly - it seems that the C++03 syntax is different from the C++11 syntax? See this thread: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6076015/typename-outside-of-template
+		// Long term we should probably come back to this and if the #ifdef is still needed then maybe it should check for C++11 mode instead of MSVC? 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+		MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor(VolumeType* volData, Region region, SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal>* result, WrapMode eWrapMode = WrapModes::Border, typename VolumeType::VoxelType tBorderValue = VolumeType::VoxelType(0), Controller controller = Controller());
+#else
 		MarchingCubesSurfaceExtractor(VolumeType* volData, Region region, SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal>* result, WrapMode eWrapMode = WrapModes::Border, typename VolumeType::VoxelType tBorderValue = typename VolumeType::VoxelType(0), Controller controller = Controller());
+#endif
 
 		void execute();