diff --git a/common/include/pcl/PCLPointCloud2.h b/common/include/pcl/PCLPointCloud2.h
index 6a00c1f..5d4ac1c 100644
--- a/common/include/pcl/PCLPointCloud2.h
+++ b/common/include/pcl/PCLPointCloud2.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include <ostream>
-#include <boost/detail/endian.hpp>
+#include <boost/predef/other/endian.h>
 
 // Include the correct Header path here
 #include <pcl/PCLHeader.h>
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ namespace pcl
                      is_bigendian (false), point_step (0), row_step (0),
                      data (), is_dense (false)
     {
-#if defined(BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN)
+#if BOOST_ENDIAN_BIG_BYTE
       is_bigendian = true;
-#elif defined(BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#elif BOOST_ENDIAN_LITTLE_BYTE
       is_bigendian = false;
 #else
 #error "unable to determine system endianness"
diff --git a/io/include/pcl/io/ply/byte_order.h b/io/include/pcl/io/ply/byte_order.h
index 2af95d0..8328015 100644
--- a/io/include/pcl/io/ply/byte_order.h
+++ b/io/include/pcl/io/ply/byte_order.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #ifndef PCL_IO_PLY_BYTE_ORDER_H
 #define PCL_IO_PLY_BYTE_ORDER_H
 
-#include <boost/detail/endian.hpp>
+#include <boost/predef/other/endian.h>
 
 namespace pcl
 {
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ namespace pcl
       {
         little_endian_byte_order,
         big_endian_byte_order,
-#if defined(BOOST_BIG_ENDIAN)
+#if BOOST_ENDIAN_BIG_BYTE
         host_byte_order = big_endian_byte_order,
-#elif defined(BOOST_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+#elif BOOST_ENDIAN_LITTLE_BYTE
         host_byte_order = little_endian_byte_order,
 #else
 #error "unable to determine system endianness"