diff --git a/bora/src/SlicingPlotWidget.cpp b/bora/src/SlicingPlotWidget.cpp
index d152b52a..8959dc90 100644
--- a/bora/src/SlicingPlotWidget.cpp
+++ b/bora/src/SlicingPlotWidget.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 #include <QFrame>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
 #include <QVBoxLayout>
+//Work sround for older qwt releases
+#include <QtGlobal>
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050400
+ #define QT_STATIC_CONST static const
+#endif
+
+
 #include <qwt_scale_draw.h>
 #include <qwt_scale_map.h>
 #include <qwt_scale_widget.h>
diff --git a/bora/src/bora/SlicingPlotWidget.h b/bora/src/bora/SlicingPlotWidget.h
index bd91c9de..ac2ad24d 100644
--- a/bora/src/bora/SlicingPlotWidget.h
+++ b/bora/src/bora/SlicingPlotWidget.h
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 #ifndef  BORA_SLICING_PLOT_WIDGET_H
 #define  BORA_SLICING_PLOT_WIDGET_H
 
+//Work sround for older qwt releases
+#include <QtGlobal>
+#if QT_VERSION >= 0x050400
+ #define QT_STATIC_CONST static const
+#endif
+
 #include <vector>
 #include <qwt_plot.h>
 #include <qwt_picker.h>