diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/adapted/mpl.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/adapted/mpl.hpp
index f8257846..6ae05c28 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/adapted/mpl.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/adapted/mpl.hpp
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
 #include <boost/fusion/adapted/mpl/detail/has_key_impl.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/adapted/mpl/detail/category_of_impl.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/adapted/mpl/detail/is_view_impl.hpp>
+#include <boost/fusion/adapted/mpl/detail/empty_impl.hpp>
 
 #endif
diff --git a/include/boost/fusion/algorithm/transformation/pop_back.hpp b/include/boost/fusion/algorithm/transformation/pop_back.hpp
index 3d6eddd4..56d75028 100644
--- a/include/boost/fusion/algorithm/transformation/pop_back.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/fusion/algorithm/transformation/pop_back.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <boost/fusion/view/iterator_range/iterator_range.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/sequence/intrinsic/begin.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/sequence/intrinsic/end.hpp>
+#include <boost/fusion/sequence/intrinsic/empty.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/iterator/iterator_adapter.hpp>
 #include <boost/fusion/iterator/next.hpp>
 #include <boost/mpl/minus.hpp>
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ namespace boost { namespace fusion
         template <typename Sequence>
         struct pop_back
         {
+            BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_NOT((result_of::empty<Sequence>));
+
             typedef pop_back_iterator<
                 typename begin<Sequence>::type>
             begin_type;