diff --git a/src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp b/src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp
index 6d51bd7959..0cada44589 100644
--- a/src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp
+++ b/src/ifcparse/parse_ifcxml.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#define BOOST_RESULT_OF_USE_DECLTYPE
+
 #include "IfcFile.h"
 
 #include <libxml/parser.h>