diff --git a/include/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp b/include/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp
index 85ad1a6b..75d33ccc 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/stdlib/libstdcpp3.hpp
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ extern "C" char *gets (char *__s);
 #     if !_GLIBCXX_DEPRECATED
 #        define BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR
 #     endif
-#  elif !_GLIBCXX_USE_DEPRECATED
+#  elif !defined(_GLIBCXX_USE_DEPRECATED) || !_GLIBCXX_USE_DEPRECATED
 #     define BOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR
 #     define BOOST_NO_CXX98_BINDERS
 #  endif