diff --git a/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp b/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp
index 019d0d73..2f6c1581 100644
--- a/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/thread/detail/thread.hpp
@@ -546,7 +546,9 @@ namespace boost
         void detach();
 
         static unsigned hardware_concurrency() BOOST_NOEXCEPT;
+#ifdef BOOST_THREAD_PROVIDES_PHYSICAL_CONCURRENCY
         static unsigned physical_concurrency() BOOST_NOEXCEPT;
+#endif
 
 #define BOOST_THREAD_DEFINES_THREAD_NATIVE_HANDLE
         typedef detail::thread_data_base::native_handle_type native_handle_type;
diff --git a/src/pthread/thread.cpp b/src/pthread/thread.cpp
index 39d476a4..e91473c2 100644
--- a/src/pthread/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/pthread/thread.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef BOOST_THREAD_PROVIDES_PHYSICAL_CONCURRENCY
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/split.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/trim.hpp>
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <set>
 #include <vector>
+#endif
 
 #include "./timeconv.inl"
 
@@ -552,6 +554,7 @@ namespace boost
 #endif
     }
 
+#ifdef BOOST_THREAD_PROVIDES_PHYSICAL_CONCURRENCY
     unsigned thread::physical_concurrency() BOOST_NOEXCEPT
     {
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -601,6 +604,7 @@ namespace boost
         return hardware_concurrency();
 #endif
     }
+#endif
 
 #if defined BOOST_THREAD_PROVIDES_INTERRUPTIONS
     void thread::interrupt()
diff --git a/src/win32/thread.cpp b/src/win32/thread.cpp
index 640664ef..f1774031 100644
--- a/src/win32/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/win32/thread.cpp
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ namespace boost
         return info.dwNumberOfProcessors;
     }
 
+#ifdef BOOST_THREAD_PROVIDES_PHYSICAL_CONCURRENCY
     unsigned thread::physical_concurrency() BOOST_NOEXCEPT
     {
         unsigned cores = 0;
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ namespace boost
         }
         return cores;
     }
+#endif
 
     thread::native_handle_type thread::native_handle()
     {
diff --git a/test/Jamfile.v2 b/test/Jamfile.v2
index 9c0f93f7..fc9d9b97 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/Jamfile.v2
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ rule thread-compile ( sources : reqs * : name )
           [ thread-test test_thread.cpp ]
           [ thread-test test_thread_id.cpp ]
           [ thread-test test_hardware_concurrency.cpp ]
-          [ thread-test test_physical_concurrency.cpp ]
+          #[ thread-test test_physical_concurrency.cpp ]
           [ thread-test test_thread_move.cpp ]
           [ thread-test test_thread_return_local.cpp ]
           [ thread-test test_thread_move_return.cpp ]