diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/Boost/otb-module-init.cmake b/Modules/ThirdParty/Boost/otb-module-init.cmake
index a5f58041fb0bf5001d123ff2e0f772a26cff6d34..0a07bdfdbc7a9d33a03464925c95667a036bea59 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/Boost/otb-module-init.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/Boost/otb-module-init.cmake
@@ -31,3 +31,8 @@ if (BUILD_TESTING)
     message(STATUS "Found Boost components: unit_test_framework")
   endif()
 endif() #BUILD_TESTING
+
+if(WIN32)
+  # disable autolinking in boost
+	add_definitions( -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB )
+endif()