diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index d9a237de9..256508aa7 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -1146,7 +1146,7 @@ if not preconfigured:
         if not env['BOOST_VERSION']:
             env['MISSING_DEPS'].append('boost version >=%s' % BOOST_MIN_VERSION)
     else:
-        color_print(4,'Found boost lib version... %s' % boost_lib_version_from_header )
+        color_print(4,'Found boost lib version... %s' % env.get('BOOST_LIB_VERSION_FROM_HEADER') )
     
     for count, libinfo in enumerate(BOOST_LIBSHEADERS):
         if not conf.CheckLibWithHeader('boost_%s%s' % (libinfo[0],env['BOOST_APPEND']), libinfo[1], 'C++'):
diff --git a/src/build.py b/src/build.py
index 70abcbea3..f3f6f42a7 100644
--- a/src/build.py
+++ b/src/build.py
@@ -194,6 +194,20 @@ if env['RENDERING_STATS']:
 else:
     source.insert(0,processor_cpp);
 
+if env.get('BOOST_LIB_VERSION_FROM_HEADER'):
+    boost_version_from_header = int(env['BOOST_LIB_VERSION_FROM_HEADER'].split('_')[1])
+    if boost_version_from_header < 46:
+        # avoid ubuntu issue with boost interprocess:
+        # https://github.com/mapnik/mapnik/issues/1001
+        env4 = lib_env.Clone()
+        env4.Append(CXXFLAGS = '-fpermissive')
+        cpp ='mapped_memory_cache.cpp'
+        source.remove(cpp)
+        if env['LINKING'] == 'static':
+            source.insert(0,env4.StaticObject(cpp))
+        else:
+            source.insert(0,env4.SharedObject(cpp))
+
 if env['JPEG']:
     source += Split(
         """