diff --git a/sol/state_handling.hpp b/sol/state_handling.hpp
index bb0922f8..66cc515e 100644
--- a/sol/state_handling.hpp
+++ b/sol/state_handling.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "function.hpp"
 #include "object.hpp"
 
-#ifdef SOL_PRINT_ERRORS
+#if defined(SOL_PRINT_ERRORS) && SOL_PRINT_ERRORS
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sol/trampoline.hpp b/sol/trampoline.hpp
index 4041349d..cf1fe823 100644
--- a/sol/trampoline.hpp
+++ b/sol/trampoline.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <exception>
 #include <cstring>
 
-#ifdef SOL_PRINT_ERRORS
+#if defined(SOL_PRINT_ERRORS) && SOL_PRINT_ERRORS
 #include <iostream>
 #endif
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace sol {
 
 		// must push at least 1 object on the stack
 		inline int default_exception_handler(lua_State* L, optional<const std::exception&>, string_view what) {
-#ifdef SOL_PRINT_ERRORS
+#if defined(SOL_PRINT_ERRORS) && SOL_PRINT_ERRORS
 			std::cerr << "[sol2] An exception occurred: ";
 			std::cerr.write(what.data(), what.size());
 			std::cerr << std::endl;