diff --git a/VTK/Infovis/vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree.cxx b/VTK/Infovis/vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree.cxx
index c789f6b..ffd145e 100644
--- a/VTK/Infovis/vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree.cxx
+++ b/VTK/Infovis/vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree.cxx
@@ -52,6 +52,18 @@ vtkStandardNewMacro(vtkBoostBreadthFirstSearchTree);
 template <typename IdMap>
 class bfs_tree_builder : public default_bfs_visitor
 {
+private:
+  template <typename Edge>
+  struct to_edge {
+    static Edge& get(Edge& e) { return e; }
+  };
+#if BOOST_VERSION >= 104800
+  template <typename Edge>
+  struct to_edge< boost::detail::reverse_graph_edge_descriptor<Edge> > {
+    static Edge& get(boost::detail::reverse_graph_edge_descriptor<Edge>& e) { return e.underlying_desc; }
+  };
+#endif
+
 public:
   bfs_tree_builder() 
   { }
@@ -95,7 +107,7 @@ public:
 
     // Copy the vertex and edge data from the graph to the tree.
     tree->GetVertexData()->CopyData(graph->GetVertexData(), v, tree_v);
-    tree->GetEdgeData()->CopyData(graph->GetEdgeData(), e.Id, tree_e.Id);
+    tree->GetEdgeData()->CopyData(graph->GetEdgeData(), to_edge<Edge>::get(e).Id, tree_e.Id);
   }
 
 private: