diff --git a/src/system.hh.in b/src/system.hh.in
index c1cc8e30..f71dce68 100644
--- a/src/system.hh.in
+++ b/src/system.hh.in
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ typedef std::ostream::pos_type ostream_pos_type;
 #include <boost/intrusive_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/iostreams/stream.hpp>
 #include <boost/iostreams/write.hpp>
+#define BOOST_IOSTREAMS_USE_DEPRECATED 1
 #include <boost/iostreams/device/file_descriptor.hpp>
 #include <boost/iterator/transform_iterator.hpp>
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
diff --git a/tools/configure.ac b/tools/configure.ac
index 028727a8..c3a913e6 100644
--- a/tools/configure.ac
+++ b/tools/configure.ac
@@ -308,7 +308,8 @@ AC_CACHE_CHECK(
    AC_LANG_PUSH(C++)
    AC_LINK_IFELSE(
      [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-        [[#include <boost/iostreams/device/file_descriptor.hpp> 
+        [[#define BOOST_IOSTREAMS_USE_DEPRECATED 1
+          #include <boost/iostreams/device/file_descriptor.hpp> 
           #include <boost/iostreams/stream.hpp>
           #include <boost/version.hpp>]],
         [[namespace io = boost::iostreams;