diff --git a/src/json/feature_grammar.cpp b/src/json/feature_grammar.cpp
index 59be9386e..8c6386422 100644
--- a/src/json/feature_grammar.cpp
+++ b/src/json/feature_grammar.cpp
@@ -99,10 +99,13 @@ feature_grammar<Iterator,FeatureType>::feature_grammar(mapnik::transcoder const&
         ("\\r", '\r')  // carrige return
         ("\\t", '\t')  // tab
         ;
-
-    string_ %= lit('"') >> *(unesc_char | "\\u" >> hex4 | (char_ - lit('"'))) >> lit('"')
+#if BOOST_VERSION > 104200
+    string_ %= lit('"') >> no_skip[*(unesc_char | "\\u" >> hex4 | (char_ - lit('"')))] >> lit('"')
         ;
-
+#else
+    string_ %= lit('"') >> lexeme[*(unesc_char | "\\u" >> hex4 | (char_ - lit('"')))] >> lit('"')
+        ;
+#endif
     // geojson types
 
     feature_type = lit("\"type\"")
@@ -224,4 +227,4 @@ feature_grammar<Iterator,FeatureType>::feature_grammar(mapnik::transcoder const&
 template struct mapnik::json::feature_grammar<std::string::const_iterator,mapnik::Feature>;
 template struct mapnik::json::feature_grammar<boost::spirit::multi_pass<std::istreambuf_iterator<char> >,mapnik::Feature>;
 
-}}
\ No newline at end of file
+}}