diff --git a/setup-libraries.sh b/setup-libraries.sh
index 090ac4d78..d3293165f 100755
--- a/setup-libraries.sh
+++ b/setup-libraries.sh
@@ -41,9 +41,12 @@ source MacOSX.sh
     if [ ! -f out/build-cpp11-libcpp-x86_64/lib/libuv.a ] ; then ./scripts/build_libuv.sh ; fi
     if [ ! -f out/build-cpp11-libcpp-x86_64/lib/libssl.a ] ; then ./scripts/build_openssl.sh ; fi
     if [ ! -f out/build-cpp11-libcpp-x86_64/lib/libcurl.a ] ; then ./scripts/build_curl.sh ; fi
+    if [ ! -d out/build-cpp11-libcpp-x86_64/include/boost ] ; then ./scripts/build_boost.sh `pwd`/../../src/ `pwd`/../../linux/ ; fi
     echo '     ...done'
 
 ./scripts/make_universal.sh
 
 cd ../../
-./configure --pkg-config-root=`pwd`/mapnik-packaging/osx/out/build-cpp11-libcpp-universal/lib/pkgconfig
+./configure \
+--pkg-config-root=`pwd`/mapnik-packaging/osx/out/build-cpp11-libcpp-universal/lib/pkgconfig \
+--boost=`pwd`/mapnik-packaging/osx/out/build-cpp11-libcpp-universal/
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