diff --git a/Cone_spanners_2/examples/Cone_spanners_2/CMakeLists.txt b/Cone_spanners_2/examples/Cone_spanners_2/CMakeLists.txt
index 2769dd35b4e..12ba2f77826 100644
--- a/Cone_spanners_2/examples/Cone_spanners_2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Cone_spanners_2/examples/Cone_spanners_2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ find_package(CGAL QUIET COMPONENTS Core)
 
 if ( CGAL_FOUND AND CGAL_Core_FOUND)
   include(${CGAL_USE_FILE})
+  if (MSVC)
+    # Turn off a boost related warning that appears with VC2015
+    # boost_1_65_1\boost\graph\named_function_params.hpp(240) :
+    # warning C4172: returning address of local variable or temporary
+    SET (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /wd4172")
+  endif()
 
   # create a target per cppfile
   file(GLOB cppfiles RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.cpp)