diff --git a/external/configure_boost.cmake b/external/configure_boost.cmake
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/configure_boost.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+MESSAGE(STATUS "Reconfiguring using compiler flags=\"${COMPILER_EXTRA_FLAGS}\" and linker flags=\"${LINKER_EXTRA_FLAGS}\"")
+FILE(WRITE ${SRC_DIR}/tools/build/src/user-config.jam
+  "using ${TOOLSET} : cmake : \"${COMPILER}\" : <cxxflags>\"${COMPILER_EXTRA_FLAGS}\" <linkflags>\"${LINKER_EXTRA_FLAGS}\" ;\n"
+)
+
+#FILE(APPEND ${SRC_DIR}/boost/regex/user.hpp
+#  "#define BOOST_REGEX_MATCH_EXTRA 1\n"
+#)
+
+execute_process(
+  COMMAND "${SRC_DIR}/bootstrap.sh" --prefix=${INSTALL_PATH} toolset=${TOOLSET}-cmake
+  RESULT_VARIABLE okcode
+)
+
+IF (NOT "${okcode}" STREQUAL "0")
+  MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot execute configure command")
+ENDIF()