diff --git a/include/boost/container/detail/std_fwd.hpp b/include/boost/container/detail/std_fwd.hpp
index 55a2175..a2931c1 100644
--- a/include/boost/container/detail/std_fwd.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/container/detail/std_fwd.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
    #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wc++11-extensions"
    #define BOOST_CONTAINER_STD_NS_BEG _LIBCPP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD
    #define BOOST_CONTAINER_STD_NS_END _LIBCPP_END_NAMESPACE_STD
+#elif defined(BOOST_GNU_STDLIB) && defined(_GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION)  //GCC >= 4.6
+   #define BOOST_CONTAINER_STD_NS_BEG namespace std _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY(default) { _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
+   #define BOOST_CONTAINER_STD_NS_END _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE_VERSION  } // namespace
+#elif defined(BOOST_GNU_STDLIB) && defined(_GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE)  //GCC >= 4.2
+   #define BOOST_CONTAINER_STD_NS_BEG _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(std)
+   #define BOOST_CONTAINER_STD_NS_END _GLIBCXX_END_NAMESPACE
 #else
    #define BOOST_CONTAINER_STD_NS_BEG namespace std{
    #define BOOST_CONTAINER_STD_NS_END }