diff --git a/packages/boost/bootstrap.sh.patch b/packages/boost/bootstrap.sh.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4e6762a90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/boost/bootstrap.sh.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
+index c6f3423..52c08e6 100755
+--- a/bootstrap.sh
++++ b/bootstrap.sh
+@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if test "x$ECHO" = x; then
+ fi
+ 
+ # Internal flags
+-flag_no_python=
++flag_no_python=yes
+ flag_icu=
+ flag_show_libraries=
+ 
diff --git a/packages/boost/build.sh b/packages/boost/build.sh
index d7fa8dc11..11f7e608b 100644
--- a/packages/boost/build.sh
+++ b/packages/boost/build.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=2684c972994ee57fc5632e03bf044746f6eb45d4920c343937a465fd67a5ad
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION/source/boost_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION//./_}.tar.bz2
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libbz2, liblzma"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="python"
+TERMUX_PKG_BREAKS="libboost-python (<= 1.65.1-2)"
+TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES="libboost-python (<= 1.65.1-2)"
 
 termux_step_make_install() {
 	rm $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/libboost* -f
@@ -14,9 +17,10 @@ termux_step_make_install() {
 
 	echo "using clang : $TERMUX_ARCH : $CXX : <linkflags>-L/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib ; " >> project-config.jam
 
+	echo "using python : 3.6 : $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/python3 : $TERMUX_PREFIX/include/python3.6m : $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib ;" >> project-config.jam
+
 	./b2 target-os=android -j${TERMUX_MAKE_PROCESSES} \
 		include=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/include \
-		include=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/include/python3.6m \
 		toolset=clang-$TERMUX_ARCH \
 		--prefix="$TERMUX_PREFIX"  \
 		-q \
diff --git a/packages/boost/libboost-python.subpackage.sh b/packages/boost/libboost-python.subpackage.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d806dd29..000000000
--- a/packages/boost/libboost-python.subpackage.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-TERMUX_SUBPKG_INCLUDE="lib/libboost_python*"
-TERMUX_SUBPKG_DESCRIPTION="Boost.Python Library"
-TERMUX_SUBPKG_DEPENDS="python, boost"
diff --git a/packages/boost/python.jam.patch b/packages/boost/python.jam.patch
index c7a80260f..2c8d73f1a 100644
--- a/packages/boost/python.jam.patch
+++ b/packages/boost/python.jam.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
---- ../cache/boost_1_65_1/tools/build/src/tools/python.jam	2017-09-02 09:56:19.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./tools/build/src/tools/python.jam	2018-01-06 01:26:09.993772847 +0000
-@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@
+diff --git a/tools/build/src/tools/python.jam b/tools/build/src/tools/python.jam
+index 273b28a..3de7f40 100644
+--- a/tools/build/src/tools/python.jam
++++ b/tools/build/src/tools/python.jam
+@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ local rule system-library-dependencies ( target-os )
  
          case aix : return  <library>pthread <library>dl ;
  
 -        case * : return  <library>pthread <library>dl
-+        case * : return   <library>dl <linkflags>-lpython3.6m ;
++        case * : return  <library>dl
              <toolset>gcc:<library>util <toolset-intel:platform>linux:<library>util ;
      }
  }