diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/feature_parser.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/feature_parser.hpp
index e4cf569ed..3e5b2b32b 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/feature_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/feature_parser.hpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ inline bool from_geojson(std::string const& json, mapnik::feature_impl & feature
     using iterator_type = char const*;
     static const mapnik::json::feature_grammar<iterator_type,mapnik::feature_impl> g(tr);
     using namespace boost::spirit;
-    ascii::space_type space;
+    standard::space_type space;
     iterator_type start = json.c_str();
     iterator_type end = start + json.length();
     return qi::phrase_parse(start, end, (g)(boost::phoenix::ref(feature)), space);
diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/generic_json.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/generic_json.hpp
index c4fa67c28..16124adbc 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/generic_json.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/generic_json.hpp
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
 namespace mapnik { namespace json {
 
 namespace qi = boost::spirit::qi;
-namespace ascii = boost::spirit::ascii;
+namespace standard = boost::spirit::standard;
 namespace phoenix = boost::phoenix;
-using space_type = ascii::space_type;
+using space_type = standard::space_type;
 using json_value = mapnik::util::variant<value_null,value_bool, value_integer, value_double, std::string>;
 using uchar = std::uint32_t; // a unicode code point
 
diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/geometry_parser.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/geometry_parser.hpp
index f4aabe51c..941abb0c7 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/geometry_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/geometry_parser.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ inline bool from_geojson(std::string const& json, mapnik::geometry::geometry<dou
 {
     using namespace boost::spirit;
     static const geometry_grammar<char const*> g;
-    ascii::space_type space;
+    standard::space_type space;
     char const* start = json.c_str();
     char const* end = start + json.length();
     return qi::phrase_parse(start, end, g, space, geom);
diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/topojson_grammar.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/topojson_grammar.hpp
index 881dcb594..e3db0990d 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/topojson_grammar.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/topojson_grammar.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace mapnik { namespace topojson {
 
 namespace qi = boost::spirit::qi;
 namespace fusion = boost::fusion;
-using space_type = boost::spirit::ascii::space_type;
+using space_type = mapnik::json::space_type;
 
 template <typename Iterator, typename ErrorHandler = json::error_handler<Iterator> >
 struct topojson_grammar : qi::grammar<Iterator, space_type, topology()>
diff --git a/plugins/input/geojson/geojson_datasource.cpp b/plugins/input/geojson/geojson_datasource.cpp
index 1d3dfd876..c30d25803 100644
--- a/plugins/input/geojson/geojson_datasource.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/geojson/geojson_datasource.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ template <typename Iterator>
 void geojson_datasource::initialise_index(Iterator start, Iterator end)
 {
     mapnik::json::boxes boxes;
-    boost::spirit::ascii::space_type space;
+    boost::spirit::standard::space_type space;
     Iterator itr = start;
     if (!boost::spirit::qi::phrase_parse(itr, end, (geojson_datasource_static_bbox_grammar)(boost::phoenix::ref(boxes)) , space))
     {
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ void geojson_datasource::initialise_index(Iterator start, Iterator end)
             Iterator end = itr + geometry_index.second;
             mapnik::context_ptr ctx = std::make_shared<mapnik::context_type>();
             mapnik::feature_ptr feature(mapnik::feature_factory::create(ctx,1));
-            boost::spirit::ascii::space_type space;
+            boost::spirit::standard::space_type space;
             if (!boost::spirit::qi::phrase_parse(itr, end, (geojson_datasource_static_feature_grammar)(boost::phoenix::ref(*feature)), space))
             {
                 throw std::runtime_error("Failed to parse geojson feature");
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ void geojson_datasource::initialise_index(Iterator start, Iterator end)
 template <typename Iterator>
 void geojson_datasource::parse_geojson(Iterator start, Iterator end)
 {
-    boost::spirit::ascii::space_type space;
+    boost::spirit::standard::space_type space;
     mapnik::context_ptr ctx = std::make_shared<mapnik::context_type>();
     std::size_t start_id = 1;
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ boost::optional<mapnik::datasource_geometry_t> geojson_datasource::get_geometry_
             chr_iterator_type end = start + json.size();
 
             using namespace boost::spirit;
-            ascii::space_type space;
+            standard::space_type space;
             mapnik::feature_ptr feature(mapnik::feature_factory::create(ctx,1));
             if (!qi::phrase_parse(start, end, (geojson_datasource_static_feature_grammar)(boost::phoenix::ref(*feature)), space))
             {
diff --git a/plugins/input/geojson/large_geojson_featureset.cpp b/plugins/input/geojson/large_geojson_featureset.cpp
index 795d61944..f3922b279 100644
--- a/plugins/input/geojson/large_geojson_featureset.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/geojson/large_geojson_featureset.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ mapnik::feature_ptr large_geojson_featureset::next()
         static const mapnik::transcoder tr("utf8");
         static const mapnik::json::feature_grammar<chr_iterator_type,mapnik::feature_impl> grammar(tr);
         using namespace boost::spirit;
-        ascii::space_type space;
+        standard::space_type space;
         mapnik::feature_ptr feature(mapnik::feature_factory::create(ctx_,1));
         if (!qi::phrase_parse(start, end, (grammar)(boost::phoenix::ref(*feature)), space))
         {
diff --git a/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp b/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
index 6aceb32eb..321ac21dd 100644
--- a/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
+++ b/plugins/input/topojson/topojson_datasource.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ const mapnik::topojson::topojson_grammar<base_iterator_type> g;
 template <typename T>
 void topojson_datasource::parse_topojson(T const& buffer)
 {
-    boost::spirit::ascii::space_type space;
+    boost::spirit::standard::space_type space;
     bool result = boost::spirit::qi::phrase_parse(buffer.begin(), buffer.end(), g, space, topo_);
     if (!result)
     {