diff --git a/apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp b/apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp
index c95446808..054cbf141 100644
--- a/apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp
+++ b/apps/launcher/datafilespage.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@
 #include "pluginsmodel.hpp"
 #include "pluginsview.hpp"
 
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
+/**
+ * Workaround for problems with whitespaces in paths in older versions of Boost library
+ */
+#if (BOOST_VERSION <= 104600)
+namespace boost
+{
+
+    template<>
+    inline boost::filesystem::path lexical_cast<boost::filesystem::path, std::string>(const std::string& arg)
+    {
+        return boost::filesystem::path(arg);
+    }
+
+} /* namespace boost */
+#endif /* (BOOST_VERSION <= 104600) */
+
 using namespace ESM;
 using namespace std;