diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index ef57a6e6..7be7e778 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ void ServiceConnection(AcceptedConnection *conn)
                 case RSS_ERROR_NOT_A_NUMBER:
                     conn->stream() << HTTPReply(HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, "Parameter 'max' must be a number", false) << std::flush;
                     continue;
+                case RSS_ERROR_BOOST_REGEX:
+                    conn->stream() << HTTPReply(HTTP_BAD_REQUEST, "boost-regex support missing", false) << std::flush;
+                    continue;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/twister_rss.cpp b/src/twister_rss.cpp
index 355b1824..6bc9f3dc 100644
--- a/src/twister_rss.cpp
+++ b/src/twister_rss.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
 #include <ctime>
-#include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#ifdef HAVE_BOOST_REGEX
+    #include <boost/regex.hpp>
+#endif
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 
 using namespace std;
@@ -15,6 +17,9 @@ using namespace json_spirit;
 
 int generateRSS(string uri, string *output)
 {
+#ifndef HAVE_BOOST_REGEX
+    return RSS_ERROR_BOOST_REGEX;
+#else
     map<string, string> parameterMap = parseQuery(uri);
     int max = 20; //default value
     string account = parameterMap["account"];
@@ -188,8 +193,10 @@ int generateRSS(string uri, string *output)
 
     *output = ret.str();
     return RSS_OK;
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_BOOST_REGEX
 map<string, string> parseQuery(const string& query)
 {
     map<string, string> data;
@@ -206,6 +213,7 @@ map<string, string> parseQuery(const string& query)
 
     return data;
 }
+#endif
 
 bool sortByTime (Object i,Object j)
 { 
diff --git a/src/twister_rss.h b/src/twister_rss.h
index f57a42d6..b050c9d2 100644
--- a/src/twister_rss.h
+++ b/src/twister_rss.h
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ enum RSSResultCode
     RSS_OK 		   =  0,
     RSS_ERROR_NO_ACCOUNT   = -1,
     RSS_ERROR_BAD_ACCOUNT  = -2,
-    RSS_ERROR_NOT_A_NUMBER = -3
+    RSS_ERROR_NOT_A_NUMBER = -3,
+    RSS_ERROR_BOOST_REGEX  = -4
 };
 
 extern bool sortByTime (json_spirit::Object i,json_spirit::Object j);
-extern std::map<std::string, std::string> parseQuery(const std::string& query);
+#ifdef HAVE_BOOST_REGEX
+    extern std::map<std::string, std::string> parseQuery(const std::string& query);
+#endif
 extern int generateRSS(std::string uri, std::string *output);
 
 #endif // TWISTER_RSS_H