--- a/src/object/object-set.cpp
+++ b/src/object/object-set.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #include "object-set.h"
 
+#include <boost/algorithm/minmax_element.hpp>
 #include <boost/range/adaptor/filtered.hpp>
 #include <boost/range/adaptor/transformed.hpp>
 #include <glib.h>
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@
     auto const& n = nodes;
 #endif
 
-    return *std::max_element(n.begin(), n.end(), sp_repr_compare_position_bool);
+    return *boost::first_max_element(n.begin(), n.end(), sp_repr_compare_position_bool);
 }
 
 void ObjectSet::set(SPObject *object, bool persist_selection_context) {