diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/meta b/packages/devel/boost/meta
index 748c1d20fa..492842af9a 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/meta
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
 PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.53.0/${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_PRIORITY="optional"