diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 682923096d0..0e1968f5c47 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1461,6 +1461,11 @@ if test "$use_boost" = "yes"; then
   dnl we don't use multi_index serialization
   BOOST_CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS -DBOOST_MULTI_INDEX_DISABLE_SERIALIZATION"
 
+  dnl Prevent use of std::unary_function, which was removed in C++17,
+  dnl and will generate warnings with newer compilers.
+  dnl See: https://github.com/boostorg/container_hash/issues/22.
+  BOOST_CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS -DBOOST_NO_CXX98_FUNCTION_BASE"
+
   if test "$enable_debug" = "yes" || test "$enable_fuzz" = "yes"; then
     BOOST_CPPFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS -DBOOST_MULTI_INDEX_ENABLE_SAFE_MODE"
   fi
diff --git a/depends/packages/libxkbcommon.mk b/depends/packages/libxkbcommon.mk
index 8c6c56545f0..bcdcf671f71 100644
--- a/depends/packages/libxkbcommon.mk
+++ b/depends/packages/libxkbcommon.mk
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ $(package)_file_name=$(package)-$($(package)_version).tar.xz
 $(package)_sha256_hash=60ddcff932b7fd352752d51a5c4f04f3d0403230a584df9a2e0d5ed87c486c8b
 $(package)_dependencies=libxcb
 
+# This package explicitly enables -Werror=array-bounds, which causes build failures
+# with GCC 12.1+. Work around that by turning errors back into warnings.
+# This workaround would be dropped if the package was updated, as that would require
+# a different build system (Meson)
 define $(package)_set_vars
 $(package)_config_opts = --enable-option-checking --disable-dependency-tracking
 $(package)_config_opts += --disable-static --disable-docs
+$(package)_cflags += -Wno-error=array-bounds
 endef
 
 define $(package)_preprocess_cmds