diff --git a/core/config/CbmConfigBase.h b/core/config/CbmConfigBase.h
index 0412699466209b1c2dc9015fd0b5aff1129cc737..0c8513cc7ae58968a4431469ed15a36cf773925c 100644
--- a/core/config/CbmConfigBase.h
+++ b/core/config/CbmConfigBase.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 #include <TSystem.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 <cassert>