diff --git a/doc/examples/example22.run-fail.cpp b/doc/examples/example22.run-fail.cpp
index 42f0ae2d98..7bd2bade93 100644
--- a/doc/examples/example22.run-fail.cpp
+++ b/doc/examples/example22.run-fail.cpp
@@ -23,8 +23,17 @@ void goo( int )
 {
 }
 
+#if defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC > 1900)
+// VS2017+ compiler optimizations may cause this code NOT to crash.
+#pragma optimize("", off)
+#endif
+
 void foo( int i )
 {
     goo( 2/(i-1) );
 }
+
+#if defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC > 1900)
+#pragma optimize("", on)
+#endif
 //]
diff --git a/doc/examples/example23.run-fail.cpp b/doc/examples/example23.run-fail.cpp
index 34b4044857..5b824b7846 100644
--- a/doc/examples/example23.run-fail.cpp
+++ b/doc/examples/example23.run-fail.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,18 @@
 #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE example
 #include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>
 
+#if defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC > 1900)
+// VS2017+ compiler optimizations may cause this code NOT to crash.
+#pragma optimize("", off)
+#endif
+
+
 void foo( int ) {}
 
+#if defined(BOOST_MSVC) && (BOOST_MSVC > 1900)
+#pragma optimize("", on)
+#endif
+
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( test_case )
 {
   int* p = 0;