diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ded2633470a80cd4963019669c1c0dab0c435ae5..a496d14cbefd766093ebda573231ed6c8ca055a8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ ADD_PROJECT_DEPENDENCY(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS serialization system thread)
 ADD_PROJECT_DEPENDENCY(Eigen3 REQUIRED PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES eigen3)
 SEARCH_FOR_PTHREAD()
 
-IF(Boost_VERSION GREATER 107299)
+IF(Boost_VERSION GREATER 107299 OR Boost_VERSION_MACRO GREATER 107299)
   # Silence a warning about a deprecated use of boost bind by boost >= 1.73
   # without dropping support for boost < 1.73
   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DBOOST_BIND_GLOBAL_PLACEHOLDERS)