diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d781c99a..8b8fa5a96 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ endif()
 find_package(FreeType REQUIRED)
 find_package(FreeImage REQUIRED)
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem regex)
 find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
 
 #add ALSA for Linux
diff --git a/src/GameData.cpp b/src/GameData.cpp
index 28c636790..d6f11ca3e 100644
--- a/src/GameData.cpp
+++ b/src/GameData.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include "GameData.h"
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
-#include <regex>
+#include <boost/regex/v4/regex.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <ctime>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ std::string GameData::getBaseName() const
 
 std::string GameData::getCleanName() const
 {
-	return regex_replace(mBaseName, std::regex("\\((.*)\\)|\\[(.*)\\]"), "");
+	return regex_replace(mBaseName, boost::regex("\\((.*)\\)|\\[(.*)\\]"), "");
 }
 
 void GameData::incTimesPlayed()