diff --git a/src/font_engine_freetype.cpp b/src/font_engine_freetype.cpp
index 754a106dd..2ec9301f3 100644
--- a/src/font_engine_freetype.cpp
+++ b/src/font_engine_freetype.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 // boost
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <boost/make_shared.hpp>
 #include <sstream>
 
 // icu
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ face_ptr freetype_engine::create_face(std::string const& family_name)
                                       &face);
         if (!error)
         {
-            return face_ptr (new font_face(face));
+            return boost::make_shared<font_face>(face);
         }
     }
     return face_ptr();