diff --git a/CondCore/Utilities/interface/Payload2XMLModule.h b/CondCore/Utilities/interface/Payload2XMLModule.h
index 2732898484478..40f9eeed46077 100644
--- a/CondCore/Utilities/interface/Payload2XMLModule.h
+++ b/CondCore/Utilities/interface/Payload2XMLModule.h
@@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ namespace py = pybind11;
       .def(py::init<>())                                                  \
       .def("write", &Payload2xml<CLASS_NAME>::write);
 
+#include <boost/version.hpp>
+namespace cond {
+  inline std::string boost_version_label() {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << BOOST_VERSION / 100000 << ".";
+    ss << BOOST_VERSION / 100 % 1000 << ".";
+    ss << BOOST_VERSION % 100;
+    return ss.str();
+  }
+}  // namespace cond
+
 namespace {  // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
 
   template <typename PayloadType>
diff --git a/CondCore/Utilities/plugins/Module_2XML.cc b/CondCore/Utilities/plugins/Module_2XML.cc
index 56b17db53b8a5..dfc0c16321ddb 100644
--- a/CondCore/Utilities/plugins/Module_2XML.cc
+++ b/CondCore/Utilities/plugins/Module_2XML.cc
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "CondCore/Utilities/src/CondFormats.h"
 
 PAYLOAD_2XML_MODULE(pluginUtilities_payload2xml) {
+  m.def("boost_version_label", &cond::boost_version_label, "Get boost version for this release");
   PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS(AlCaRecoTriggerBits);
   PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS(AlignPCLThresholds);
   PAYLOAD_2XML_CLASS(AlignmentErrors);
diff --git a/CondCore/Utilities/python/cond2xml.py b/CondCore/Utilities/python/cond2xml.py
index 4043ec64b624f..1a64d662f4506 100644
--- a/CondCore/Utilities/python/cond2xml.py
+++ b/CondCore/Utilities/python/cond2xml.py
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ def localLibName( payloadType ):
         ptype = payloadType.replace('::','_')
     return "%s_%spayload2xml" %(sanitize(ptype),prefix)
 
+def boost_version_for_this_release():
+    import pluginUtilities_payload2xml as mod2XML
+    return mod2XML.boost_version_label()
+
 class CondXmlProcessor(object):
 
     def __init__(self, condDBIn):
diff --git a/CondCore/Utilities/scripts/conddb b/CondCore/Utilities/scripts/conddb
index 886f8a3f087c1..46a950fa255ed 100755
--- a/CondCore/Utilities/scripts/conddb
+++ b/CondCore/Utilities/scripts/conddb
@@ -739,6 +739,24 @@ def _get_last_frozen_since( session, tagName, fcsr=None ):
     logging.debug('Last frozen since in destination tag is %s' %res)
     return res
 
+def _get_maxtime_for_boost_version( session, timeType, boost_version):
+    BoostRunMap = session.get_dbtype(conddb.BoostRunMap)
+    q = session.query(BoostRunMap).order_by(BoostRunMap.boost_version.asc())
+    time = (maxSince,maxSince,maxSince)
+    for r in q:
+        r= _rawdict(r)
+        if boost_version < r['boost_version']:
+            tlumi = r['run_number']<<32|0x1
+            time = (r['run_number'],tlumi,r['run_start_time'])
+            break
+    if timeType=='Run':
+        return time[0]
+    elif timeType=='Lumi':
+        return time[1]
+    elif timeType=='Time':
+        return time[2]
+    return None
+
 class run_to_timestamp( object ):
     def __init__( self, session ):
         self.session = session
@@ -1833,8 +1851,11 @@ def _copy_tag(args, copyTime, session1, session2, first, second, fromIOV=None, t
 
         logging.debug('%s iov(s) to copy with %s payload(s)' %(len(iovs),len(hashes)))
     else:
+        maxTime = _get_maxtime_for_boost_version( session1, tag['time_type'], cond2xml.boost_version_for_this_release())
         query = query.order_by(IOV1.since.desc(), IOV1.insertion_time.desc())
         lastIov = None
+        targetIovSince = None
+        targetIovPayload = None
         for iov in query:
             iov = _rawdict(iov)
             since = iov['since'] 
@@ -1842,9 +1863,13 @@ def _copy_tag(args, copyTime, session1, session2, first, second, fromIOV=None, t
                 lastIov = since
             else:
                 if lastIov != since:
-                    iovs[since] = iov['payload_hash']
-                    hashes.add( iov['payload_hash'] )
-                    break
+                    if targetIovSince is None:
+                        targetIovSince = since
+                    if since < maxTime: 
+                        targetIovPayload = iov['payload_hash']
+                        break
+        iovs[targetIovSince]=targetIovPayload
+        hashes.add(targetIovPayload)
     logfun = logging.info 
     if len(iovs)==0:
         logfun = logging.warning