diff --git a/DirectXTex/BC.h b/DirectXTex/BC.h
index c653336..d46b232 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/BC.h
+++ b/DirectXTex/BC.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class LDRColorA
 public:
     uint8_t r, g, b, a;
 
-    LDRColorA() {}
+    LDRColorA() DIRECTX_CTOR_DEFAULT
     LDRColorA(uint8_t _r, uint8_t _g, uint8_t _b, uint8_t _a) : r(_r), g(_g), b(_b), a(_a) {}
 
     const uint8_t& operator [] (_In_range_(0,3) size_t uElement) const
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public:
     float r, g, b, a;
 
 public:
-    HDRColorA() {}
+    HDRColorA() DIRECTX_CTOR_DEFAULT
     HDRColorA(float _r, float _g, float _b, float _a) : r(_r), g(_g), b(_b), a(_a) {}
     HDRColorA(const HDRColorA& c) : r(c.r), g(c.g), b(c.b), a(c.a) {}
     HDRColorA(const LDRColorA& c)
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ public:
     int pad;
 
 public:
-    INTColor() {}
+    INTColor() DIRECTX_CTOR_DEFAULT
     INTColor(int nr, int ng, int nb) {r = nr; g = ng; b = nb;}
     INTColor(const INTColor& c) {r = c.r; g = c.g; b = c.b;}
 
diff --git a/DirectXTex/DirectXTex.h b/DirectXTex/DirectXTex.h
index 51d5774..321435f 100644
--- a/DirectXTex/DirectXTex.h
+++ b/DirectXTex/DirectXTex.h
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+// VS 2010/2012 do not support =default =delete
+#ifndef DIRECTX_CTOR_DEFAULT
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER < 1800)
+#define DIRECTX_CTOR_DEFAULT {}
+#define DIRECTX_CTOR_DELETE ;
+#else
+#define DIRECTX_CTOR_DEFAULT =default;
+#define DIRECTX_CTOR_DELETE =delete;
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #define DIRECTX_TEX_VERSION 131
 
 namespace DirectX
@@ -577,7 +588,7 @@ namespace DirectX
         size_t w;
         size_t h;
 
-        Rect() {}
+        Rect() DIRECTX_CTOR_DEFAULT
         Rect( size_t _x, size_t _y, size_t _w, size_t _h ) : x(_x), y(_y), w(_w), h(_h) {}
     };