diff --git a/package/boost/Config.in b/package/boost/Config.in
index 4cfd44eb94..fae4b5fed7 100644
--- a/package/boost/Config.in
+++ b/package/boost/Config.in
@@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ comment "boost-log needs a toolchain w/ NPTL"
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MATH
 	bool "boost-math"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_METAPARSE
+	bool "boost-metaparse"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MPI
 	bool "boost-mpi"
 
diff --git a/package/boost/boost.mk b/package/boost/boost.mk
index e6459b9a3a..fc8926509b 100644
--- a/package/boost/boost.mk
+++ b/package/boost/boost.mk
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS),,iostreams)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_LOCALE),,locale)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_LOG),,log)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MATH),,math)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_METAPARSE),,metaparse)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MPI),,mpi)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS),,program_options)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_PYTHON),,python)