diff --git a/reco/littrack/cbm/qa/base/CbmLitResultChecker.cxx b/reco/littrack/cbm/qa/base/CbmLitResultChecker.cxx
index 2b0a6b316b0414a16054b941e578990f32004e5f..48aed63b06502f7490d54a5d8af3a9a45d3604c5 100644
--- a/reco/littrack/cbm/qa/base/CbmLitResultChecker.cxx
+++ b/reco/littrack/cbm/qa/base/CbmLitResultChecker.cxx
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
  */
 #include "CbmLitResultChecker.h"
 
+// Add the define statement teporarily to silence the compiler
+// warnings till the problem is fixed in boost
+#define BOOST_BIND_GLOBAL_PLACEHOLDERS 1
 #include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
 
 #include <iostream>