diff --git a/doc/container.qbk b/doc/container.qbk
index 47a72a5..2462368 100644
--- a/doc/container.qbk
+++ b/doc/container.qbk
@@ -1222,6 +1222,7 @@ use [*Boost.Container]? There are several reasons for that:
    * [@https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11627 Trac #11627: ['"small_vector<T,n>::swap() appears to be broken"]].
    * [@https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11628 Trac #11628: ['"small_vector<int,n> iterates over elements in destructor"]].
    * [@https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11697 Trac #11697: ['"Wrong initialization order in tuple copy-constructor"]].
+   * [@https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/11698 Trac #11698: ['"Missing return statement in static_storage_allocator"]].
 
 [endsect]
 
diff --git a/include/boost/container/static_vector.hpp b/include/boost/container/static_vector.hpp
index b6e0551..69540dc 100644
--- a/include/boost/container/static_vector.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/container/static_vector.hpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class static_storage_allocator
    {}
 
    static_storage_allocator & operator=(const static_storage_allocator &) BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW
-   {}
+   {  return *this;  }
 
    T* internal_storage() const BOOST_NOEXCEPT_OR_NOTHROW
    {  return const_cast<T*>(static_cast<const T*>(static_cast<const void*>(&storage)));  }