diff --git a/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/IfcGeomFilter.h b/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/IfcGeomFilter.h
index e98e54d972..8013f1bb21 100644
--- a/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/IfcGeomFilter.h
+++ b/src/ifcgeom_schema_agnostic/IfcGeomFilter.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #ifndef IFCGEOMFILTER_H
 #define IFCGEOMFILTER_H
 
+#define BOOST_REGEX_NO_W32
+
 #include "Kernel.h"
 #include "../ifcparse/IfcFile.h"