diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 682923096d00e..0e1968f5c47e1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1461,6 +1461,11 @@ if test "$use_boost" = "yes"; then
   dnl we don't use multi_index serialization
   BOOST_CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS -DBOOST_MULTI_INDEX_DISABLE_SERIALIZATION"
 
+  dnl Prevent use of std::unary_function, which was removed in C++17,
+  dnl and will generate warnings with newer compilers.
+  dnl See: https://github.com/boostorg/container_hash/issues/22.
+  BOOST_CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS -DBOOST_NO_CXX98_FUNCTION_BASE"
+
   if test "$enable_debug" = "yes" || test "$enable_fuzz" = "yes"; then
     BOOST_CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS -DBOOST_MULTI_INDEX_ENABLE_SAFE_MODE"
   fi