diff --git a/packages/devel/boost-jam/build b/packages/devel/boost-jam/build
deleted file mode 100755
index b5f9021cc4..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/boost-jam/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-$SCRIPTS/unpack boost
-
-setup_toolchain host
-
-cd $BUILD/boost*/tools/build/v2/engine
-  sh build.sh
-  cp bin.*/bjam $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
diff --git a/packages/devel/boost-jam/meta b/packages/devel/boost-jam/meta
deleted file mode 100644
index fbbba339c3..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/boost-jam/meta
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-PKG_NAME="boost-jam"
-PKG_VERSION=""
-PKG_REV="1"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
-PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
-PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS=""
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
-PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
-PKG_SECTION="devel"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="boost: Peer-reviewed STL style libraries for C++"
-PKG_LONGDESC="Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library. One goal is to establish existing practice and provide reference implementations so that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Some of the libraries have already been proposed for inclusion in the C++ Standards Committee's upcoming C++ Standard Library Technical Report."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
-
-PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/build b/packages/devel/boost/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 9ac1a17b25..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/boost/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-#  GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-# boost fails building with LTO support
-  strip_lto
-
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
-CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
-LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-sh bootstrap.sh \
-     --prefix=/usr \
-     --with-bjam=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/bjam \
-     --with-python=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
-
-echo "using gcc : `$TARGET_CC -v 2>&1  | tail -n 1 |awk '{print $3}'` : $TARGET_CC  : <compileflags>\"$CFLAGS\" <linkflags>\"$LDFLAGS\" ;" \
-  > tools/build/v2/user-config.jam
-
-$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/bjam -d2 --toolset=gcc link=static \
-  --prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
-  --layout=system \
-  --with-thread \
-  --with-iostreams \
-  --with-system \
-  --with-serialization \
-  --with-filesystem \
-  --with-regex -sICU_PATH="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr" \
-  install
diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/meta b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
similarity index 53%
rename from packages/devel/boost/meta
rename to packages/devel/boost/package.mk
index 84f2cccfc2..b19201f292 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
@@ -24,12 +24,59 @@ PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.55.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR="${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib bzip2"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain boost-jam Python-host zlib bzip2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="zlib bzip2"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain boost:host Python-host zlib bzip2"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="boost: Peer-reviewed STL style libraries for C++"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries. The emphasis is on libraries which work well with the C++ Standard Library. One goal is to establish existing practice and provide reference implementations so that the Boost libraries are suitable for eventual standardization. Some of the libraries have already been proposed for inclusion in the C++ Standards Committee's upcoming C++ Standard Library Technical Report."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+make_host() {
+  cd tools/build/v2/engine
+    sh build.sh
+}
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  mkdir -p $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+    cp bin.*/bjam $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+}
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+# boost fails building with LTO support
+  strip_lto
+
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
+  export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
+  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
+}
+
+configure_target() {
+  sh bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr \
+                  --with-bjam=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/bjam \
+                  --with-python=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
+
+  echo "using gcc : `$TARGET_CC -v 2>&1  | tail -n 1 |awk '{print $3}'` : $TARGET_CC  : <compileflags>\"$CFLAGS\" <linkflags>\"$LDFLAGS\" ;" \
+    > tools/build/v2/user-config.jam
+}
+
+make_target() {
+  : # nothing todo, we use makeinstall_target()
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/bjam -d2 --toolset=gcc link=static \
+                                --prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+                                  --layout=system \
+                                  --with-thread \
+                                  --with-iostreams \
+                                  --with-system \
+                                  --with-serialization \
+                                  --with-filesystem \
+                                  --with-regex -sICU_PATH="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr" \
+                                  install
+}