diff --git a/packages/devel/boost/package.mk b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
index af1df7c5a5..a126485548 100644
--- a/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/boost/package.mk
@@ -17,18 +17,14 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="boost"
-PKG_VERSION="1_61_0"
-PKG_SHA256="a547bd06c2fd9a71ba1d169d9cf0339da7ebf4753849a8f7d6fdb8feee99b640"
-PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_VERSION="1_65_1"
+PKG_SHA256="9807a5d16566c57fd74fb522764e0b134a8bbe6b6e8967b83afefd30dcd3be81"
 PKG_LICENSE="OSS"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.boost.org/"
-PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.61.0/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/boost/boost/1.65.1/${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR="${PKG_NAME}_${PKG_VERSION}"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain boost:host Python2:host zlib bzip2"
-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_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain boost:host Python2 zlib bzip2"
+PKG_LONGDESC="boost: Peer-reviewed STL style libraries for C++"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 make_host() {
@@ -42,34 +38,38 @@ makeinstall_host() {
 }
 
 pre_configure_target() {
-  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC"
-  export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC"
-  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fPIC"
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION -fPIC"
+  export CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION -fPIC"
 }
 
 configure_target() {
   sh bootstrap.sh --prefix=/usr \
                   --with-bjam=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/bjam \
                   --with-python=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/python \
+                  --with-python-root=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr
 
   echo "using gcc : `$CC -v 2>&1  | tail -n 1 |awk '{print $3}'` : $CC  : <compileflags>\"$CFLAGS\" <linkflags>\"$LDFLAGS\" ;" \
     > tools/build/src/user-config.jam
 }
 
 make_target() {
-  : # nothing todo, we use makeinstall_target()
+  :
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {
-  $TOOLCHAIN/bin/bjam -d2 --toolset=gcc link=static \
-                                --prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
-                                --ignore-site-config \
-                                --layout=system \
-                                --with-thread \
-                                --with-iostreams \
-                                --with-system \
-                                --with-serialization \
-                                --with-filesystem \
-                                --with-regex -sICU_PATH="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr" \
-                                install
+  $TOOLCHAIN/bin/bjam -d2 --ignore-site-config \
+                          --layout=system \
+                          --prefix=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr \
+                          --toolset=gcc link=static \
+                          --with-chrono \
+                          --with-date_time \
+                          --with-filesystem \
+                          --with-iostreams \
+                          --with-python \
+                          --with-random \
+                          --with-regex -sICU_PATH="$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr" \
+                          --with-serialization \
+                          --with-system \
+                          --with-thread \
+                          install
 }