diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
index e1eb2b5105..7339504841 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-internal.h
@@ -900,8 +900,10 @@ class HasDebugStringAndShortDebugString {
       HasDebugStringType::value && HasShortDebugStringType::value;
 };
 
+#ifdef GTEST_INTERNAL_NEED_REDUNDANT_CONSTEXPR_DECL
 template <typename T>
 constexpr bool HasDebugStringAndShortDebugString<T>::value;
+#endif
 
 // When the compiler sees expression IsContainerTest<C>(0), if C is an
 // STL-style container class, the first overload of IsContainerTest
diff --git a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
index ae7fb350c0..5cea3e02b3 100644
--- a/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
+++ b/googletest/include/gtest/internal/gtest-port.h
@@ -2447,4 +2447,9 @@ using Variant = ::std::variant<T...>;
 #endif  // __has_include
 #endif  // GTEST_HAS_ABSL
 
+#if defined(GTEST_INTERNAL_CPLUSPLUS_LANG) && \
+    GTEST_INTERNAL_CPLUSPLUS_LANG < 201703L
+#define GTEST_INTERNAL_NEED_REDUNDANT_CONSTEXPR_DECL 1
+#endif
+
 #endif  // GOOGLETEST_INCLUDE_GTEST_INTERNAL_GTEST_PORT_H_