diff --git a/libvisio/configure.ac b/libvisio/configure.ac

index 1611dcb..adcfd2b 100644

--- a/libvisio/configure.ac

+++ b/libvisio/configure.ac

@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(

 	[]

 )

+# =========

+# Find required boost libraries

+# =========

+AX_BOOST_BASE

+AX_BOOST_SYSTEM

+

 # =====

 # Tools

 # =====

@@ -286,7 +292,7 @@ AS_IF([test "x$native_win32" = "xyes"], [

 	])

 ])

 LIBVISIO_CXXFLAGS="${REVENGE_CFLAGS} ${LIBXML_CFLAGS} ${ZLIB_CFLAGS} ${ICU_CFLAGS}"

-LIBVISIO_LIBS="${REVENGE_LIBS} ${LIBXML_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBS} ${ICU_LIBS}"

+LIBVISIO_LIBS="${REVENGE_LIBS} ${LIBXML_LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBS} ${ICU_LIBS} ${BOOST_SYSTEM_LIB}"

 AC_SUBST(LIBVISIO_CXXFLAGS)

 AC_SUBST(LIBVISIO_LIBS)