diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/build b/packages/devel/boost/build
index 28d923045e..98076669ae 100755
--- a/packages/devel/boost/build
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/build
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ sh bootstrap.sh \
      --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}'` : $TARGET_CC  ; " \
+echo "using gcc : `$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  \