diff --git a/include/boost/config/stdlib/sgi.hpp b/include/boost/config/stdlib/sgi.hpp
index 7e21848d..89e2c5ea 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/stdlib/sgi.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/stdlib/sgi.hpp
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@
 #  define BOOST_NO_STD_LOCALE
 #endif
 
+//
+// SGI's new iostreams have missing "const" in messages<>::open
+//
+#if defined(__sgi) && (_COMPILER_VERSION <= 730) && defined(__SGI_STL_OWN_IOSTREAMS)
+#  define BOOST_NO_STD_MESSAGES
+#endif
+
 //
 // No template iterator constructors, or std::allocator
 // without member templates: