diff --git a/src/RSQLite.h b/src/RSQLite.h
index 06f0d204c..844e03ddd 100644
--- a/src/RSQLite.h
+++ b/src/RSQLite.h
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 
 #include <plogr.h>
 
+// CRAN request
+#ifndef BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR
 #define BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR
+#endif
 
 // Included here because they need -Wno-error,
 // which is active only for precompiled headers on my system