diff --git a/src/util/scheduler.cpp b/src/util/scheduler.cpp
index 4e74d10..21106e0 100644
--- a/src/util/scheduler.cpp
+++ b/src/util/scheduler.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@
                                  const Event& event)
 {
   EventQueue::iterator i = m_events.insert(EventInfo(after, period, event));
-  i->m_eventId = make_shared<EventIdImpl>(func_lib::cref(i));
+
+  // On OSX 10.9, boost, and C++03 the following doesn't work without ndn::
+  // because the argument-dependent lookup prefers STL to boost
+  i->m_eventId = ndn::make_shared<EventIdImpl>(i);
 
   if (!m_isEventExecuting)
     {