diff --git a/src/MacroMagic.h b/src/MacroMagic.h
index 37170a4..210bbea 100644
--- a/src/MacroMagic.h
+++ b/src/MacroMagic.h
@@ -37,28 +37,35 @@ _ENUM_CAST(type)
 
 #define _NTH_ARG(_1, _2, _3, _4, _5, _6, _7, _8, _9, _10, _11, N, ...) N
 
+/*
+ * we need to use _EXPAND below to work around a problem in Visual Studio 2010
+ * where __VA_ARGS__ is treated as a single argument
+ * See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5134523/msvc-doesnt-expand-va-args-correctly
+ */
+#define _EXPAND( x ) x
+
 #define _fe_0(_call, ...)
 #define _fe_1(_call, x) _call(x)
-#define _fe_2(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_1(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define _fe_3(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_2(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define _fe_4(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_3(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define _fe_5(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_4(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define _fe_6(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_5(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define _fe_7(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_6(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define _fe_8(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_7(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define _fe_9(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_8(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define _fe_10(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _fe_9(_call, __VA_ARGS__)
+#define _fe_2(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_1(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define _fe_3(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_2(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define _fe_4(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_3(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define _fe_5(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_4(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define _fe_6(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_5(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define _fe_7(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_6(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define _fe_8(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_7(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define _fe_9(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_8(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
+#define _fe_10(_call, x, ...) _call(x) _EXPAND(_fe_9(_call, __VA_ARGS__))
 
 #define MACRO_FOR_EACH(x, ...) \
-    _NTH_ARG(_, ##__VA_ARGS__, \
+    _EXPAND(_NTH_ARG(_, ##__VA_ARGS__, \
         _fe_10, _fe_9, _fe_8, _fe_7, _fe_6, _fe_5, _fe_4, _fe_3, _fe_2, _fe_1, _fe_0) \
-        (x, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+        (x, ##__VA_ARGS__))
 
 /* Enum to string magic */
 
 #define ENUM(type,...) \
 enum type { __VA_ARGS__ }; \
-static inline const char* type##ToStr(int x) {switch(x){MACRO_FOR_EACH(_CASE_LINE,__VA_ARGS__) default: return "invalid";}} \
+static inline const char* type##ToStr(int x) {switch(x){_EXPAND(MACRO_FOR_EACH(_CASE_LINE,__VA_ARGS__)) default: return "invalid";}} \
 _ENUM_CAST(type)
 #endif