diff --git a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_PlatformDefs.h b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_PlatformDefs.h
index 83d154a6d4..54ab399a6b 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_PlatformDefs.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_PlatformDefs.h
@@ -164,13 +164,13 @@
 #define JUCE_STRINGIFY(item)  JUCE_STRINGIFY_MACRO_HELPER (item)
 
 //==============================================================================
-#ifdef JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_STATIC_ASSERT
+#if JUCE_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_STATIC_ASSERT
   /** A compile-time assertion macro.
      If the expression parameter is false, the macro will cause a compile error. (The actual error
      message that the compiler generates may be completely bizarre and seem to have no relation to
      the place where you put the static_assert though!)
   */
-  #define static_jassert(expression) static_assert (expression);
+  #define static_jassert(expression) static_assert(expression, #expression);
 #else
  #ifndef DOXYGEN
   namespace juce
diff --git a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_StandardHeader.h b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_StandardHeader.h
index c8440576ae..dded5d8d66 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/system/juce_StandardHeader.h
+++ b/modules/juce_core/system/juce_StandardHeader.h
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 //==============================================================================
 #include <vector>  // included before platform defs to provide a definition of _LIBCPP_VERSION
 
-#include "juce_PlatformDefs.h"
 #include "juce_CompilerSupport.h"
+#include "juce_PlatformDefs.h"
 
 //==============================================================================
 // Now we'll include some common OS headers..