diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 5b042387c3..96c12d7aa9 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
    2008-12-31 13:59 UTC+0100 Foo Bar (foo.bar foobar.org)
 */
 
+2008-09-23 11:24 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar hu)
+  * include/hbthread.h
+    % Enabled TLS for _MSC_VER compilers.
+    ; Tested with MSVS 2008 32-bit. Someone pls test with 
+      older/other MSVC compilers (especially MSVC6 and WinCE mode)
+      to refine the default setting if needed.
+
 2008-09-22 22:08 UTC+0200 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/priv.onet.pl)
   * harbour/source/vm/thread.c
     ! fixed GPF when hb_threadSelf() was executed from thread without
diff --git a/harbour/include/hbthread.h b/harbour/include/hbthread.h
index 17dbf8a0dd..6021ae53e4 100644
--- a/harbour/include/hbthread.h
+++ b/harbour/include/hbthread.h
@@ -312,6 +312,8 @@ extern void hb_threadMutexUnlockAll( void );
    /* enable native compiler TLS support be default for this compilers
     * which are known that it will work correctly
     */
+#  if defined( _MSC_VER )
+#     define HB_USE_TLS
 #  if defined( __BORLANDC__ ) && !defined( __CODEGUARD__ )
 #     define HB_USE_TLS
 #  elif defined( __GNUC__ ) && __GNUC__ >= 3 && \