diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 027ff7d..a851f02 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   find_package ( SDL2 COMPONENTS mixer gfx image)
   find_package ( Yaml_cpp 0.5.0)
   find_package ( OpenGL )
+  find_package ( Boost )

   if ( NOT OPENGL_FOUND )
      message ( FATAL_ERROR "Can't find OpenGL; how does that even happen?" )
@@ -84,6 +85,13 @@
     include_directories ( ${YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR} )
     message ( "found yaml-cpp(${YAMLCPP_LIBRARY_DIRS}:${YAMLCPP_INCLUDE_DIR})" )
   endif ( NOT YAMLCPP_FOUND )
+
+  if ( NOT Boost_FOUND )
+    message ( FATAL_ERROR "Can't find boost which is required" )
+  else ()
+    include_directories ( ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+    message ( "found boost(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}:${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})" )
+  endif ( NOT Boost_FOUND )
 endif()

 # Read version number