diff --git a/3rdparty/boost/Makefile.am b/3rdparty/boost/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff8fa4bc75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/boost/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/common.am
+
+EXTRA_DIST = boost \
+	CMakeLists.txt \
+	LICENSE_1_0.txt \
+	libs/CMakeLists.txt \
+	libs/regex/CMakeLists.txt \
+	libs/regex/src/CMakeLists.txt
+
+AM_CPPFLAGS += -DBOOST_USER_CONFIG="<config.h>" 
+AM_CPPFLAGS +=  $(BOOST_INCLUDES)
+