diff --git a/include/boost/archive/impl/basic_binary_oprimitive.ipp b/include/boost/archive/impl/basic_binary_oprimitive.ipp
index 8623089f..ae4503a4 100644
--- a/include/boost/archive/impl/basic_binary_oprimitive.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/archive/impl/basic_binary_oprimitive.ipp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ namespace std{ using ::wcslen; }
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#include <boost/detail/workaround.hpp>
+
 #include <boost/throw_exception.hpp>
 #include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/archive/archive_exception.hpp>
@@ -129,7 +131,11 @@ template<class Elem, class Tr>
 class output_streambuf_access : public std::basic_streambuf<Elem, Tr> {
     public:
         virtual int sync(){
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__MWERKS__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x3206))
+            return this->basic_streambuf::sync();
+#else
             return this->basic_streambuf<Elem, Tr>::sync();
+#endif
         }
 };
 } // detail