--- include/simutil.original	2014-03-21 19:24:33.016120400 -0500
+++ include/simutil.h	2014-03-21 19:30:02.191989000 -0500
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #include "platdep/platmisc.h" // for gcvt, etc
 #include "errmsg.h"
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <sstream> // This is needed by double_to_str()
+#endif
+
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 
 // forward declarations
@@ -363,7 +367,19 @@
 inline std::string double_to_str(double t)
 {
 #if __cplusplus >= 201103L
+  /*
+   * Due to a bug in gcc for Windows, the to_string method
+   * is not part of std. Therefore, we just provide a replacement
+   * for this platform. More details here: 
+   * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12975341/to-string-is-not-a-member-of-std-says-so-g
+   */ 
+#ifdef WIN32
+   std::ostringstream stm;
+   stm << t;
+   return stm.str();
+#else
    return std::to_string(t);
+#endif
 #else
    char buf[32];
    return gcvt(t,16,buf);