diff --git a/include/boost/get_pointer.hpp b/include/boost/get_pointer.hpp
index 17d11b8..a0cd5c0 100644
--- a/include/boost/get_pointer.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/get_pointer.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 #ifndef GET_POINTER_DWA20021219_HPP
 # define GET_POINTER_DWA20021219_HPP
 
-# include <memory>
+// In order to avoid circular dependencies with Boost.TR1
+// we make sure that our include of <memory> doesn't try to
+// pull in the TR1 headers: that's why we use this header 
+// rather than including <memory> directly:
+# include <boost/config/no_tr1/memory.hpp>  // std::auto_ptr
 
 namespace boost {