diff --git a/src/mumble/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mumble/CMakeLists.txt
index 4cc9fa84d9e..ffa894b32b7 100644
--- a/src/mumble/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mumble/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -597,6 +597,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 
 	find_pkg(Boost
 		COMPONENTS
+			filesystem
 			system
 			thread
 		REQUIRED
@@ -630,6 +631,7 @@ if(WIN32)
 
 	target_link_libraries(mumble_client_object_lib
 		PUBLIC
+			Boost::filesystem
 			Boost::system
 			Boost::thread
 	)
diff --git a/src/mumble/PluginInstaller.cpp b/src/mumble/PluginInstaller.cpp
index 4740acb0f64..e4d9229dced 100644
--- a/src/mumble/PluginInstaller.cpp
+++ b/src/mumble/PluginInstaller.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 #include <QtGui/QIcon>
 
 #include <exception>
-#include <fstream>
 #include <string>
 
+#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
+
 #include <Poco/Exception.h>
 #include <Poco/FileStream.h>
 #include <Poco/StreamCopier.h>
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ void PluginInstaller::init() {
 
 			zipInput.clear();
 			Poco::Zip::ZipInputStream zipin(zipInput, pluginIt->second);
-			std::ofstream out(tmpPluginPath.toStdString(), std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+			boost::filesystem::path nativePath(tmpPluginPath.toUtf8().data());
+			boost::filesystem::ofstream out(nativePath, std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
 			Poco::StreamCopier::copyStream(zipin, out);
 
 			m_pluginSource = QFileInfo(tmpPluginPath);
diff --git a/src/mumble/Settings.cpp b/src/mumble/Settings.cpp
index 4fa802ce4c5..0352a3bb430 100644
--- a/src/mumble/Settings.cpp
+++ b/src/mumble/Settings.cpp
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 #include <QStandardPaths>
 #include <QSystemTrayIcon>
 
+#include <boost/filesystem/fstream.hpp>
 #include <boost/typeof/typeof.hpp>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
 #include <cstring>
-#include <fstream>
 #include <limits>
 #include <memory>
 
@@ -155,11 +155,13 @@ void Settings::save(const QString &path) const {
 	QFile tmpFile(QString::fromLatin1("%1/mumble_settings.json.tmp")
 					  .arg(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::TempLocation)));
 
-	{
-		// The separate scope makes sure, the stream is closed again after the write has finished
-		std::ofstream stream(tmpFile.fileName().toUtf8());
+	boost::filesystem::path nativePath(tmpFile.fileName().toUtf8().data());
+	boost::filesystem::ofstream stream(nativePath);
+	stream << settingsJSON.dump(4) << std::endl;
+	stream.close();
 
-		stream << settingsJSON.dump(4) << std::endl;
+	if (stream.fail()) {
+		qWarning("Failed at writing temporary settings file: %s", qUtf8Printable(tmpFile.fileName()));
 	}
 
 	QFile targetFile(path);
@@ -222,7 +224,8 @@ void Settings::load(const QString &path) {
 		settingsLocation = path;
 	}
 
-	std::ifstream stream(path.toUtf8());
+	boost::filesystem::path nativePath(path.toUtf8().data());
+	boost::filesystem::ifstream stream(nativePath);
 
 	nlohmann::json settingsJSON;
 	try {
@@ -611,13 +614,15 @@ void OverlaySettings::savePresets(const QString &filename) {
 	settingsJSON.erase(SettingsKeys::OVERLAY_LAUNCHERS_KEY);
 	settingsJSON.erase(SettingsKeys::OVERLAY_LAUNCHERS_EXCLUDE_KEY);
 
-	std::ofstream stream(filename.toUtf8());
+	boost::filesystem::path nativePath(filename.toUtf8().data());
+	boost::filesystem::ofstream stream(nativePath);
 
 	stream << settingsJSON.dump(4) << std::endl;
 }
 
 void OverlaySettings::load(const QString &filename) {
-	std::ifstream stream(filename.toUtf8());
+	boost::filesystem::path nativePath(filename.toUtf8().data());
+	boost::filesystem::ifstream stream(nativePath);
 
 	nlohmann::json settingsJSON;
 	try {