diff --git a/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake b/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake
index 2074df0e..2b2027d1 100644
--- a/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FairMQLib.cmake
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ macro(set_fairmq_defaults)
       set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY RULE_LAUNCH_COMPILE ${CCACHE})
     endif()
   endif()
+
+  if(    CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU"
+     AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 8)
+    set(FAIRMQ_HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM 0)
+  else()
+    set(FAIRMQ_HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM 1)
+  endif()
 endmacro()
 
 function(join VALUES GLUE OUTPUT)
diff --git a/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt b/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d490ad1..a54e909b 100644
--- a/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fairmq/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ if(BUILD_FAIRMQ)
   if(BUILD_OFI_TRANSPORT)
     target_compile_definitions(${_target} PRIVATE BUILD_OFI_TRANSPORT)
   endif()
+  target_compile_definitions(${_target} PUBLIC FAIRMQ_HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM=${FAIRMQ_HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM})
 
 
   #######################
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ if(BUILD_FAIRMQ)
     $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Linux>:rt>
     Boost::boost
     Boost::date_time
+    $<$<NOT:${FAIRMQ_HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM}>:Boost::filesystem>
     Boost::program_options
     FairLogger::FairLogger
     PicoSHA2
@@ -391,6 +393,7 @@ if(BUILD_FAIRMQ)
   target_include_directories(fairmq-shmmonitor PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}>
   )
+  target_compile_definitions(fairmq-shmmonitor PUBLIC FAIRMQ_HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM=${FAIRMQ_HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM})
 
   add_executable(fairmq-uuid-gen tools/runUuidGenerator.cxx)
   target_link_libraries(fairmq-uuid-gen PUBLIC
diff --git a/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx b/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx
index ccc30b2e..3f85bc9d 100644
--- a/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/shmem/Monitor.cxx
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 #include <boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp>
 
 #include <csignal>
-#include <filesystem>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <chrono>
@@ -32,6 +31,14 @@
 #include <termios.h>
 #include <poll.h>
 
+#if FAIRMQ_HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM
+#include <filesystem>
+namespace fs = std::filesystem;
+#else
+#include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+namespace fs = ::boost::filesystem;
+#endif
+
 using namespace std;
 using bie = ::boost::interprocess::interprocess_exception;
 namespace bipc = ::boost::interprocess;
@@ -275,12 +282,12 @@ bool Monitor::PrintShm(const ShmId& shmId)
 void Monitor::ListAll(const std::string& path)
 {
     try {
-        if (std::filesystem::is_empty(path)) {
-            LOG(info) << "directory " << filesystem::path(path) << " is empty.";
+        if (fs::is_empty(path)) {
+            LOG(info) << "directory " << fs::path(path) << " is empty.";
             return;
         }
 
-        for (const auto& entry : filesystem::directory_iterator(path)) {
+        for (const auto& entry : fs::directory_iterator(path)) {
             string filename = entry.path().filename().string();
             // LOG(info) << filename << ", size: " << entry.file_size() << " bytes";
             if (tools::StrStartsWith(filename, "fmq_") || tools::StrStartsWith(filename, "sem.fmq_")) {
@@ -296,7 +303,7 @@ void Monitor::ListAll(const std::string& path)
                 LOG(info) << "The file '" << filename << "' does not belong to FairMQ, skipping...";
             }
         }
-    } catch (filesystem::filesystem_error& fse) {
+    } catch (fs::filesystem_error& fse) {
         LOG(error) << "error: " << fse.what();
     }
 }