diff --git a/SuperBuild/CMake/External_boost.cmake b/SuperBuild/CMake/External_boost.cmake
index f451b94ef1dc667aad8d7cb52a3f1636e2c17e61..16fc0ed1e0441e049d7610b6a733c93b7f40faff 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/CMake/External_boost.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/CMake/External_boost.cmake
@@ -2,30 +2,71 @@ INCLUDE_ONCE_MACRO(BOOST)
 
 SETUP_SUPERBUILD(BOOST)
 
-#all we loose is one single test from not building boost unit-testing-framework.
-#That is single test code. I don't see why we can't use something in-house
-#change test code to not use boost unit-testing-framework and all is well.
+set(_SB_Boost_INCLUDE_DIR ${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
+set(_SB_Boost_LIBRARY_DIR ${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)
 
+set(BOOST_SB_CONFIG)
 if(MSVC)
-  set(BOOST_URL "http://download.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.60.0/boost_1_60_0.tar.bz2")
-  set(BOOST_URL_MD5 "65a840e1a0b13a558ff19eeb2c4f0cbe")
+  if(OTB_MSVC_COMPILER_ARCH_IS_X64)
+    set(BOOST_SB_CONFIG architecture=x86 address-model=64)
+  else()
+    set(BOOST_SB_CONFIG architecture=x86)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+set(BOOST_SB_CONFIG
+  ${BOOST_SB_CONFIG}
+  variant=release
+  link=shared
+  threading=single
+  runtime-link=shared
+  --prefix=${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+  --includedir=${_SB_Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  --libdir=${_SB_Boost_LIBRARY_DIR}
+  --layout=system
+  --with-system
+  --with-serialization
+  --with-filesystem
+  --with-test
+  -d0
+  )
+
+if(UNIX)
+  set(BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_FILE "./bootstrap.sh")
+  set(BOOST_B2_EXE "./b2")
 else()
-  set(BOOST_URL "http://download.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.50.0/boost_1_50_0.tar.bz2")
-  set(BOOST_URL_MD5 "52dd00be775e689f55a987baebccc462")
+  set(BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_FILE "bootstrap.bat")
+  set(BOOST_B2_EXE "b2.exe")
 endif()
 
+set(BOOST_CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+  -E chdir ${BOOST_SB_SRC}
+  ${BOOST_BOOTSTRAP_FILE}
+  --prefix=${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+  )
+
+set(BOOST_BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+  -E chdir ${BOOST_SB_SRC}
+  ${BOOST_B2_EXE}
+  ${BOOST_SB_CONFIG}
+  )
+
+set(BOOST_INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+  -E chdir ${BOOST_SB_SRC}
+  ${BOOST_B2_EXE}
+  ${BOOST_SB_CONFIG}
+  install
+  )
+
 ExternalProject_Add(BOOST
   PREFIX BOOST
-  URL "${BOOST_URL}"
-  URL_MD5 ${BOOST_URL_MD5}
+  URL "http://download.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/1.60.0/boost_1_60_0.tar.bz2"
+  URL_MD5 65a840e1a0b13a558ff19eeb2c4f0cbe
   BINARY_DIR ${BOOST_SB_BUILD_DIR}
   INSTALL_DIR ${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}
   DOWNLOAD_DIR ${DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}
-  CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS ${SB_CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS}
-  PATCH_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
-  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/patches/BOOST/CMakeLists.txt
-  ${BOOST_SB_SRC}
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${BOOST_CONFIGURE_COMMAND}
+  BUILD_COMMAND ${BOOST_BUILD_COMMAND}
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ${BOOST_INSTALL_COMMAND}
   )
 
-set(_SB_Boost_INCLUDE_DIR ${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
-set(_SB_Boost_LIBRARY_DIR ${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)