diff --git a/libcxx/include/ios b/libcxx/include/ios
index 3128bca899990..c9230d6a9484a 100644
--- a/libcxx/include/ios
+++ b/libcxx/include/ios
@@ -607,8 +607,15 @@ public:
     static_assert((is_same<_CharT, typename traits_type::char_type>::value),
                   "traits_type::char_type must be the same type as CharT");
 
+#ifdef _LIBCPP_CXX03_LANG
+    // Preserve the ability to compare with literal 0,
+    // and implicitly convert to bool, but not implicitly convert to int.
+    _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY
+    operator void*() const {return fail() ? nullptr : (void*)this;}
+#else
     _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY
     explicit operator bool() const {return !fail();}
+#endif
 
     _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY bool operator!() const    {return  fail();}
     _LIBCPP_INLINE_VISIBILITY iostate rdstate() const   {return ios_base::rdstate();}
diff --git a/libcxx/test/std/input.output/iostreams.base/ios/iostate.flags/bool.pass.cpp b/libcxx/test/std/input.output/iostreams.base/ios/iostate.flags/bool.pass.cpp
index 59896c82f29b9..3fe50c6e045f6 100644
--- a/libcxx/test/std/input.output/iostreams.base/ios/iostate.flags/bool.pass.cpp
+++ b/libcxx/test/std/input.output/iostreams.base/ios/iostate.flags/bool.pass.cpp
@@ -24,10 +24,16 @@ int main(int, char**)
     assert(static_cast<bool>(ios) == !ios.fail());
     ios.setstate(std::ios::failbit);
     assert(static_cast<bool>(ios) == !ios.fail());
-    static_assert((!std::is_convertible<std::ios, void*>::value), "");
     static_assert((!std::is_convertible<std::ios, int>::value), "");
     static_assert((!std::is_convertible<std::ios const&, int>::value), "");
-    static_assert((!std::is_convertible<std::ios, bool>::value), "");
+#if TEST_STD_VER >= 11
+    static_assert(!std::is_convertible<std::ios, void*>::value, "");
+    static_assert(!std::is_convertible<std::ios, bool>::value, "");
+#else
+    static_assert(std::is_convertible<std::ios, void*>::value, "");
+    static_assert(std::is_convertible<std::ios, bool>::value, "");
+    (void)(ios == 0);  // SPEC2006 apparently relies on this to compile
+#endif
 
   return 0;
 }