diff --git a/CMakeExt/Boost.cmake b/CMakeExt/Boost.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e7a33656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeExt/Boost.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS
+        ## If you need to link a boost library, add it below. For example:
+        # chrono
+        ## will link boost_chrono for you and also add it as a dependency.
+        )
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc53c27be..8771d6e22 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Load build modules to locate libraries after environment setup
 # has been loaded:
+include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExt/Boost.cmake)
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExt/MPI.cmake)
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExt/PAPI.cmake)
 include(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeExt/Hwloc.cmake)
diff --git a/dash/CMakeLists.txt b/dash/CMakeLists.txt
index b3d41d497..44915e248 100644
--- a/dash/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dash/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ if (ENABLE_SCALAPACK)
          ${SCALAPACK_LIBRARIES})
   endif()
 endif()
+set (ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES ${ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES}
+  ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+set (ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES ${ADDITIONAL_LIBRARIES}
+        ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 
 if (HAVE_STD_TRIVIALLY_COPYABLE)
   set (ADDITIONAL_COMPILE_FLAGS
@@ -352,6 +356,11 @@ foreach (dart_variant ${DART_IMPLEMENTATIONS_LIST})
       #cotire(${DASH_LIBRARY})
   endif()
 
+  include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  target_link_libraries(
+    ${DASH_LIBRARY}
+    ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+
   include_directories(
     ${ADDITIONAL_INCLUDES}
   )