diff --git a/tf2_eigen/include/tf2_eigen/tf2_eigen.hpp b/tf2_eigen/include/tf2_eigen/tf2_eigen.hpp
index 12866c042..c6fe5c0fb 100644
--- a/tf2_eigen/include/tf2_eigen/tf2_eigen.hpp
+++ b/tf2_eigen/include/tf2_eigen/tf2_eigen.hpp
@@ -570,6 +570,7 @@ void fromMsg(const geometry_msgs::msg::PoseStamped & msg, tf2::Stamped<Eigen::Is
 }  // namespace tf2
 
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
 namespace Eigen
 {
 // This is needed to make the usage of the following conversion functions usable in tf2::convert().
@@ -635,5 +636,6 @@ void fromMsg(const geometry_msgs::msg::Twist & msg, Eigen::Matrix<double, 6, 1>
 }
 
 }  // namespace Eigen
+#endif
 
 #endif  // TF2_EIGEN__TF2_EIGEN_HPP_