diff --git a/bin/render.gypi b/bin/render.gypi
index b205e7a95..2e1dbd8f7 100644
--- a/bin/render.gypi
+++ b/bin/render.gypi
@@ -34,12 +34,11 @@
         'ldflags': [
           '<@(glfw3_ldflags)',
           '<@(uv_ldflags)',
-          '<@(boost_ldflags)',
-          '-lboost_program_options'
         ],
         'libraries': [
           '<@(glfw3_static_libs)',
           '<@(uv_static_libs)',
+          '<@(boost_program_options_static_libs)'
         ],
       },
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f49ea2189..c1f7f6da1 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ case ${MASON_PLATFORM} in
         LIBUV_VERSION=0.10.28
         ZLIB_VERSION=system
         BOOST_VERSION=1.57.0
+        BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_VERSION=1.57.0
         NUNICODE_VERSION=1.5.1
         LIBZIP_VERSION=0.11.2
         ;;
@@ -104,7 +105,11 @@ CONFIG="# Do not edit. Generated by the configure script.
 if [ ! -z ${BOOST_VERSION} ]; then
     mason install boost ${BOOST_VERSION}
     CONFIG+="    'boost_cflags%': $(quote_flags $(mason cflags boost ${BOOST_VERSION})),"$LN
-    CONFIG+="    'boost_ldflags%': $(quote_flags $(mason ldflags boost ${BOOST_VERSION})),"$LN
+fi
+
+if [ ! -z ${BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_VERSION} ]; then
+    mason install boost_libprogram_options ${BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_VERSION}
+    CONFIG+="    'boost_program_options_static_libs%': $(quote_flags $(mason static_libs boost_libprogram_options ${BOOST_VERSION})),"$LN
 fi
 
 if [ ! -z ${OPENSSL_VERSION} ]; then