diff --git a/mongodb/package.keywords b/mongodb/package.keywords
index 2350e3d..87d3e72 100644
--- a/mongodb/package.keywords
+++ b/mongodb/package.keywords
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 app-arch/snappy **
 dev-db/mongodb **
+=dev-libs/boost-1.53* ~amd64 ~x86
+=dev-util/boost-build-1.53* ~amd64 ~x86
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources ~amd64 ~x86
diff --git a/mongodb/package.use b/mongodb/package.use
index f0066a4..aa1e02f 100644
--- a/mongodb/package.use
+++ b/mongodb/package.use
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 app-editors/nano ncurses
 dev-db/mongodb v8
 dev-lang/python ssl threads xml
+dev-libs/boost threads
 dev-libs/libpcre cxx
 net-misc/dhcp client
 sys-apps/kmod tools