diff -ru boost_1_55_0.org/boost/interprocess/detail/tmp_dir_helpers.hpp boost_1_55_0/boost/interprocess/detail/tmp_dir_helpers.hpp
--- boost_1_55_0.org/boost/interprocess/detail/tmp_dir_helpers.hpp	Sun Sep  8 20:07:03 2013
+++ boost_1_55_0/boost/interprocess/detail/tmp_dir_helpers.hpp	Tue Feb 11 08:16:03 2014
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
       throw interprocess_exception(err);
    }
    //Remove final null.
-   tmp_name += "/boost_interprocess";
+   tmp_name += "/" BOOST_INTERPROCESS_TMP_DIR;
 }
 
 inline void tmp_folder(std::string &tmp_name)
diff -ru boost_1_55_0.org/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp boost_1_55_0/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp
--- boost_1_55_0.org/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp	Mon Sep 16 17:01:45 2013
+++ boost_1_55_0/boost/interprocess/detail/workaround.hpp	Tue Feb 11 08:15:53 2014
@@ -189,6 +189,16 @@
    #define BOOST_INTERPROCESS_NOEXCEPT_IF(x) noexcept(x)
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(BOOST_INTERPROCESS_TMP_DIR)
+   #if !defined(BOOST_INTERPROCESS_WINDOWS) || defined(BOOST_INTERPROCESS_BOOTSTAMP_IS_LASTBOOTUPTIME)
+      #define BOOST_INTERPROCESS_TMP_DIR    "boost_interprocess"
+   #else
+      /* Use a different dir name so pre-1.54 boost::interprocess doesn't
+       * errorneously remove the temp dir */
+      #define BOOST_INTERPROCESS_TMP_DIR    "boost_interprocess2"
+   #endif
+#endif
+
 #include <boost/interprocess/detail/config_end.hpp>
 
 #endif   //#ifndef BOOST_INTERPROCESS_DETAIL_WORKAROUND_HPP