diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 012d4ddb..0da378c0 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ if (DROGON_CXX_STANDARD EQUAL 14)
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC Boost::boost)
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC Boost::filesystem)
     list(APPEND INCLUDE_DIRS_FOR_DYNAMIC_VIEW ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    option(HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH "use boost::filesystem" OFF)
 elseif (DROGON_CXX_STANDARD EQUAL 17)
     # With C++17, use Boost if std::filesystem::path is missing
     message(STATUS "use c++17")
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ elseif (DROGON_CXX_STANDARD EQUAL 17)
         if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES GNU)
             target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC stdc++fs)
         endif()
+        option(HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH "use std::filesystem" ON)
     else()
         find_package(Boost 1.49.0 COMPONENTS filesystem system REQUIRED)
         message(STATUS "Using Boost filesytem::path")
@@ -161,9 +163,11 @@ elseif (DROGON_CXX_STANDARD EQUAL 17)
         message(STATUS "Boost libraries: " ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
         target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC Boost::filesystem Boost::system)
         list(APPEND INCLUDE_DIRS_FOR_DYNAMIC_VIEW ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
+        option(HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH "use boost::filesystem" OFF)
     endif()
 else ()
     message(STATUS "use c++20")
+    option(HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH "use std::filesystem" ON)
 endif ()
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules/)
diff --git a/cmake/templates/config.h.in b/cmake/templates/config.h.in
index 6a9b62ba..d33f2478 100644
--- a/cmake/templates/config.h.in
+++ b/cmake/templates/config.h.in
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #cmakedefine01 LIBPQ_SUPPORTS_BATCH_MODE
 #cmakedefine01 USE_MYSQL
 #cmakedefine01 USE_SQLITE3
+#cmakedefine01 HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
 #cmakedefine OpenSSL_FOUND
 #cmakedefine Boost_FOUND
 
diff --git a/lib/src/HttpFileImpl.cc b/lib/src/HttpFileImpl.cc
index 8baef509..b289ee8f 100644
--- a/lib/src/HttpFileImpl.cc
+++ b/lib/src/HttpFileImpl.cc
@@ -14,17 +14,10 @@
 
 #include "HttpFileImpl.h"
 #include "HttpAppFrameworkImpl.h"
+#include "filesystem.h"
 #include <drogon/MultiPart.h>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
-// Switch between native c++17 or boost for c++14
-#ifdef HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
-#include <system_error>
-namespace stl = std;
-#else  // HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
-#include <boost/system/error_code.hpp>
-namespace stl = boost::system;
-#endif  // HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
 
 using namespace drogon;
 
@@ -64,7 +57,7 @@ int HttpFileImpl::saveAs(const std::string &fileName) const
     }
     if (fsFileName.has_parent_path())
     {
-        stl::error_code err;
+        drogon::error_code err;
         filesystem::create_directories(fsFileName.parent_path(), err);
         if (err)
             return -1;
diff --git a/lib/src/HttpResponseImpl.cc b/lib/src/HttpResponseImpl.cc
index c0ef2f49..bc5a28b7 100644
--- a/lib/src/HttpResponseImpl.cc
+++ b/lib/src/HttpResponseImpl.cc
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <trantor/utils/Logger.h>
-// Switch between native c++17 or boost for c++14
-#ifdef HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
-namespace stl = std;
-#else
-namespace stl = boost::system;
-#endif
 
 using namespace trantor;
 using namespace drogon;
@@ -350,7 +344,7 @@ void HttpResponseImpl::makeHeaderString(trantor::MsgBuffer &buffer)
         }
         else
         {
-            stl::error_code err;
+            drogon::error_code err;
             filesystem::path fsSendfile(utils::toNativePath(sendfileName_));
             auto fileSize = filesystem::file_size(fsSendfile, err);
             if (err)
diff --git a/lib/src/StaticFileRouter.cc b/lib/src/StaticFileRouter.cc
index afadeeff..a0190d19 100644
--- a/lib/src/StaticFileRouter.cc
+++ b/lib/src/StaticFileRouter.cc
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 // Switch between native c++17 or boost for c++14
 #include "filesystem.h"
-#ifdef HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
-#include <system_error>
-namespace stl = std;
-#else
-#include <boost/system/error_code.hpp>
-namespace stl = boost::system;
-#endif
 
 using namespace drogon;
 
@@ -147,7 +140,7 @@ void StaticFileRouter::route(
                 location.realLocation_ +
                 std::string{restOfThePath.data(), restOfThePath.length()};
             filesystem::path fsFilePath(utils::toNativePath(filePath));
-            stl::error_code err;
+            drogon::error_code err;
             if (!filesystem::exists(fsFilePath, err))
             {
                 defaultHandler_(req, std::move(callback));
@@ -226,7 +219,7 @@ void StaticFileRouter::route(
     std::string directoryPath =
         HttpAppFrameworkImpl::instance().getDocumentRoot() + path;
     filesystem::path fsDirectoryPath(utils::toNativePath(directoryPath));
-    stl::error_code err;
+    drogon::error_code err;
     if (filesystem::exists(fsDirectoryPath, err))
     {
         if (filesystem::is_directory(fsDirectoryPath, err))
@@ -379,7 +372,7 @@ void StaticFileRouter::sendStaticFileResponse(
     if (!fileExists)
     {
         filesystem::path fsFilePath(utils::toNativePath(filePath));
-        stl::error_code err;
+        drogon::error_code err;
         if (!filesystem::exists(fsFilePath, err) ||
             !filesystem::is_regular_file(fsFilePath, err))
         {
@@ -402,7 +395,7 @@ void StaticFileRouter::sendStaticFileResponse(
         // Find compressed file first.
         auto brFileName = filePath + ".br";
         filesystem::path fsBrFile(utils::toNativePath(brFileName));
-        stl::error_code err;
+        drogon::error_code err;
         if (filesystem::exists(fsBrFile, err) &&
             filesystem::is_regular_file(fsBrFile, err))
         {
@@ -419,7 +412,7 @@ void StaticFileRouter::sendStaticFileResponse(
         // Find compressed file first.
         auto gzipFileName = filePath + ".gz";
         filesystem::path fsGzipFile(utils::toNativePath(gzipFileName));
-        stl::error_code err;
+        drogon::error_code err;
         if (filesystem::exists(fsGzipFile, err) &&
             filesystem::is_regular_file(fsGzipFile, err))
         {
diff --git a/lib/src/Utilities.cc b/lib/src/Utilities.cc
index 73616258..aae422c2 100644
--- a/lib/src/Utilities.cc
+++ b/lib/src/Utilities.cc
@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
-// Switch between native c++17 or boost for c++14
-#ifdef HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
-#include <system_error>
-namespace stl = std;
-#else
-#include <boost/system/error_code.hpp>
-namespace stl = boost::system;
-#endif
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 char *strptime(const char *s, const char *f, struct tm *tm)
 {
@@ -1061,7 +1052,7 @@ int createPath(const std::string &path)
     if (osPath.back() != filesystem::path::preferred_separator)
         osPath.push_back(filesystem::path::preferred_separator);
     filesystem::path fsPath(osPath);
-    stl::error_code err;
+    drogon::error_code err;
     filesystem::create_directories(fsPath, err);
     if (err)
     {
diff --git a/lib/src/filesystem.h b/lib/src/filesystem.h
index 25540086..5ac8f104 100644
--- a/lib/src/filesystem.h
+++ b/lib/src/filesystem.h
@@ -11,31 +11,25 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-/* Check of std::filesystem::path availability:
- * - OS X: depends on the target OSX version (>= 10.15 Catalina)
- * - Windows: Visual Studio >= 2019 (c++20)
- * - Others: should already have it in c++17
- */
-#if (defined(__APPLE__) && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED >= 101500L) || \
-    (defined(_WIN32) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1920) ||        \
-    (!defined(__APPLE__) && !defined(_WIN32) && __cplusplus >= 201703L)
-#define HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
-#endif
-
+#include <drogon/config.h>
 #include <trantor/utils/LogStream.h>
 
-#ifdef HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
+#if HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
 #include <filesystem>
+#include <system_error>
 #else
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
+#include <boost/system/error_code.hpp>
 #endif
 
 namespace drogon
 {
-#ifdef HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
+#if HAS_STD_FILESYSTEM_PATH
 namespace filesystem = std::filesystem;
+using std::error_code;
 #else
 namespace filesystem = boost::filesystem;
+using boost::system::error_code;
 #endif
 }  // namespace drogon