diff --git a/components/files/ogreplugin.cpp b/components/files/ogreplugin.cpp
index d0e80f68d5..c434114b37 100644
--- a/components/files/ogreplugin.cpp
+++ b/components/files/ogreplugin.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 #include <OgrePrerequisites.h>
 #include <OgreRoot.h>
 
-#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-
 namespace Files {
 
 bool loadOgrePlugin(const std::string &pluginDir, std::string pluginName, Ogre::Root &ogreRoot) {
diff --git a/components/files/ogreplugin.hpp b/components/files/ogreplugin.hpp
index a6d2a35c98..d8469aa4b1 100644
--- a/components/files/ogreplugin.hpp
+++ b/components/files/ogreplugin.hpp
@@ -25,10 +25,25 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
+
 namespace Ogre {
 	class Root;
 }
 
+#if (BOOST_VERSION <= 104300)
+#error BOOST_VERSION
+namespace boost {
+namespace filesystem {
+path absolute(const path& p, const path& base=current_path()) {
+	// call obsolete version of this function on older boost
+	return complete(p, base);
+}
+}
+}
+#endif /* (BOOST_VERSION <= 104300) */
+
 /**
  * \namespace Files
  */