diff --git a/src/state-server.cc b/src/state-server.cc
index f0616b0..2d1d96a 100644
--- a/src/state-server.cc
+++ b/src/state-server.cc
@@ -463,7 +463,9 @@
         {
           if (filesystem::exists (filePath) &&
               filesystem::last_write_time (filePath) == file->mtime () &&
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104900
               filesystem::status (filePath).permissions () == static_cast<filesystem::perms> (file->mode ()) &&
+#endif
               *Hash::FromFileContent (filePath) == hash)
             {
               m_ccnx->publishData (interest, "OK: File already exists", 1);
@@ -481,7 +483,9 @@
       if (m_objectManager.objectsToLocalFile (deviceName, hash, filePath))
         {
           last_write_time (filePath, file->mtime ());
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104900
           permissions (filePath, static_cast<filesystem::perms> (file->mode ()));
+#endif
           m_ccnx->publishData (interest, "OK", 1);
         }
       else