diff --git a/include/mapnik/json/extract_bounding_box_grammar_impl.hpp b/include/mapnik/json/extract_bounding_box_grammar_impl.hpp
index fc08584fe..9b66a9c6f 100644
--- a/include/mapnik/json/extract_bounding_box_grammar_impl.hpp
+++ b/include/mapnik/json/extract_bounding_box_grammar_impl.hpp
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ extract_bounding_box_grammar<Iterator, ErrorHandler>::extract_bounding_box_gramm
     qi::eps_type eps;
     qi::raw_type raw;
     qi::char_type char_;
+    qi::no_skip_type no_skip;
     boost::spirit::repository::qi::iter_pos_type iter_pos;
     using qi::fail;
     using qi::on_error;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ extract_bounding_box_grammar<Iterator, ErrorHandler>::extract_bounding_box_gramm
     start = features(_r1)
         ;
 
-    features = iter_pos[_a = _1] >> -(lit('{')
+    features = no_skip[iter_pos[_a = _1]] >> -(lit('{')
                                       >> *((json.key_value - lit("\"features\"")) >> lit(','))
                                       >> lit("\"features\"")
                                       >> lit(':'))