diff --git a/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/automata.h b/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/automata.h
index 010833ef..4ef0fcae 100644
--- a/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/automata.h
+++ b/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/automata.h
@@ -84,10 +84,16 @@ final {
         throw std::invalid_argument("file is corrupt(truncated)");
       }
 
-      boost::interprocess::map_options_t map_options = boost::interprocess::default_map_options | MAP_HUGETLB;
+      boost::interprocess::map_options_t map_options = boost::interprocess::default_map_options;
+
+#ifdef MAP_HUGETLB
+      map_options |= MAP_HUGETLB;
+#endif
 
       if (!load_lazy) {
+#ifdef MAP_POPULATE
         map_options |= MAP_POPULATE;
+#endif
       }
 
       TRACE("labels start offset: %d", offset);
diff --git a/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/json_value_store.h b/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/json_value_store.h
index e8295354..0780d3bf 100644
--- a/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/json_value_store.h
+++ b/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/json_value_store.h
@@ -410,11 +410,16 @@ class JsonValueStoreReader final: public IValueStoreReader {
       }
     }
 
-    boost::interprocess::map_options_t map_options =
-        boost::interprocess::default_map_options | MAP_HUGETLB;
+    boost::interprocess::map_options_t map_options = boost::interprocess::default_map_options;
+
+#ifdef MAP_HUGETLB
+    map_options |= MAP_HUGETLB;
+#endif
 
     if (!load_lazy) {
+#ifdef MAP_POPULATE
       map_options |= MAP_POPULATE;
+#endif
     }
 
     strings_region_ = new boost::interprocess::mapped_region(
diff --git a/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/json_value_store_deprecated.h b/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/json_value_store_deprecated.h
index 90c84619..4cd276fa 100644
--- a/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/json_value_store_deprecated.h
+++ b/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/json_value_store_deprecated.h
@@ -353,10 +353,16 @@ class JsonValueStoreDeprecated final : public IValueStoreWriter {
             }
           }
 
-          boost::interprocess::map_options_t map_options = boost::interprocess::default_map_options | MAP_HUGETLB;
+          boost::interprocess::map_options_t map_options = boost::interprocess::default_map_options;
+
+#ifdef MAP_HUGETLB
+          map_options |= MAP_HUGETLB;
+#endif
 
           if (!load_lazy) {
+#ifdef MAP_POPULATE
             map_options |= MAP_POPULATE;
+#endif
           }
 
           strings_region_ = new boost::interprocess::mapped_region(
diff --git a/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/string_value_store.h b/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/string_value_store.h
index 192804a9..98130cb9 100644
--- a/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/string_value_store.h
+++ b/keyvi/src/cpp/dictionary/fsa/internal/string_value_store.h
@@ -243,10 +243,16 @@ class StringValueStore final : public IValueStoreWriter {
             }
           }
 
-          boost::interprocess::map_options_t map_options = boost::interprocess::default_map_options | MAP_HUGETLB;
+          boost::interprocess::map_options_t map_options = boost::interprocess::default_map_options;
+
+#ifdef MAP_HUGETLB
+          map_options |= MAP_HUGETLB;
+#endif
 
           if (!load_lazy) {
+#ifdef MAP_POPULATE
             map_options |= MAP_POPULATE;
+#endif
           }
 
           strings_region_ = new boost::interprocess::mapped_region(