diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/async/TEvhttpServer.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/async/TEvhttpServer.cpp
index 57d0d61..4fa41f8 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/async/TEvhttpServer.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/async/TEvhttpServer.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #include <thrift/async/TEvhttpServer.h>
 #include <thrift/async/TAsyncBufferProcessor.h>
 #include <thrift/transport/TBufferTransports.h>
+#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 #include <evhttp.h>
 #include <event2/buffer.h>
 #include <event2/buffer_compat.h>
-
 #include <iostream>
 
 #ifndef HTTP_INTERNAL // libevent < 2
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 
 void TEvhttpServer::complete(RequestContext* ctx, bool success) {
   (void)success;
-  std::auto_ptr<RequestContext> ptr(ctx);
+  boost::scoped_ptr<RequestContext> ptr(ctx);
 
   int code = success ? 200 : 400;
   const char* reason = success ? "OK" : "Bad Request";
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp
index a72d38b..6adcb68 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/concurrency/BoostThreadFactory.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
 
 #include <cassert>
 
-#include <boost/weak_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread.hpp>
+#include <boost/weak_ptr.hpp>
 
 namespace apache {
 namespace thrift {
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@
   static void* threadMain(void* arg);
 
 private:
-  std::auto_ptr<boost::thread> thread_;
+  boost::scoped_ptr<boost::thread> thread_;
   STATE state_;
   weak_ptr<BoostThread> self_;
   bool detached_;
@@ -80,8 +81,7 @@
 
     state_ = starting;
 
-    thread_
-        = std::auto_ptr<boost::thread>(new boost::thread(boost::bind(threadMain, (void*)selfRef)));
+    thread_.reset(new boost::thread(boost::bind(threadMain, (void*)selfRef)));
 
     if (detached_)
       thread_->detach();
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.cpp b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
index 85e88b9..e49f81c 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/transport/TFileTransport.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@
 #include <thrift/transport/PlatformSocket.h>
 #include <thrift/concurrency/FunctionRunner.h>
 
+#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
+#if (BOOST_VERSION >= 105700)
+#include <boost/move/unique_ptr.hpp>
+using boost::movelib::unique_ptr;
+#else
+#include <boost/interprocess/smart_ptr/unique_ptr.hpp>
+using boost::interprocess::unique_ptr;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #else
@@ -52,9 +62,12 @@
 namespace thrift {
 namespace transport {
 
-using boost::scoped_ptr;
 using boost::shared_ptr;
-using namespace std;
+using std::cerr;
+using std::cout;
+using std::endl;
+using std::min;
+using std::string;
 using namespace apache::thrift::protocol;
 using namespace apache::thrift::concurrency;
 
@@ -192,6 +205,14 @@
   enqueueEvent(buf, len);
 }
 
+// this is needed until boost 1.57 as the older unique_ptr implementation
+// has no default deleter in interprocess
+template <class _T>
+struct uniqueDeleter
+{
+  void operator()(_T *ptr) const { delete ptr; }
+};
+
 void TFileTransport::enqueueEvent(const uint8_t* buf, uint32_t eventLen) {
   // can't enqueue more events if file is going to close
   if (closing_) {
@@ -209,7 +230,7 @@
     return;
   }
 
-  std::auto_ptr<eventInfo> toEnqueue(new eventInfo());
+  unique_ptr<eventInfo, uniqueDeleter<eventInfo> > toEnqueue(new eventInfo());
   toEnqueue->eventBuff_ = new uint8_t[(sizeof(uint8_t) * eventLen) + 4];
 
   // first 4 bytes is the event length
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/DebugProtoTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/DebugProtoTest.cpp
index 607744b..c070af2 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/DebugProtoTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/DebugProtoTest.cpp
@@ -21,13 +21,14 @@
 #include <cmath>
 #include "gen-cpp/DebugProtoTest_types.h"
 #include <thrift/protocol/TDebugProtocol.h>
+#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 
 #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE DebugProtoTest
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
 
 using namespace thrift::test::debug;
 
-static std::auto_ptr<OneOfEach> ooe;
+static boost::scoped_ptr<OneOfEach> ooe;
 
 void testCaseSetup_1() {
   ooe.reset(new OneOfEach);
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@
     "Expected:\n" << expected_result << "\nGotten:\n" << result);
 }
 
-static std::auto_ptr<Nesting> n;
+static boost::scoped_ptr<Nesting> n;
 
 void testCaseSetup_2() {
   testCaseSetup_1();
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@
     "Expected:\n" << expected_result << "\nGotten:\n" << result);
 }
 
-static std::auto_ptr<HolyMoley> hm;
+static boost::scoped_ptr<HolyMoley> hm;
 
 void testCaseSetup_3() {
   testCaseSetup_2();
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/JSONProtoTest.cpp b/lib/cpp/test/JSONProtoTest.cpp
index 2da3044..2ac7adc 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/JSONProtoTest.cpp
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/JSONProtoTest.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include <thrift/transport/TBufferTransports.h>
 #include <thrift/protocol/TJSONProtocol.h>
+#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 #include "gen-cpp/DebugProtoTest_types.h"
 
 #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE JSONProtoTest
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 using apache::thrift::transport::TMemoryBuffer;
 using apache::thrift::protocol::TJSONProtocol;
 
-static std::auto_ptr<OneOfEach> ooe;
+static boost::scoped_ptr<OneOfEach> ooe;
 
 void testCaseSetup_1() {
   ooe.reset(new OneOfEach);
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@
     "Expected:\n" << expected_result << "\nGotten:\n" << result);
 }
 
-static std::auto_ptr<Nesting> n;
+static boost::scoped_ptr<Nesting> n;
 
 void testCaseSetup_2() {
   testCaseSetup_1();
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@
     "Expected:\n" << expected_result << "\nGotten:\n" << result);
 }
 
-static std::auto_ptr<HolyMoley> hm;
+static boost::scoped_ptr<HolyMoley> hm;
 
 void testCaseSetup_3() {
   testCaseSetup_2();