diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8707ddababfb00a375b3f72bbf3cf77f08353677..6c7961ecd3c85a9cd8408d5aa19301a3ea6f9069 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.9)
 PROJECT(ImageToDBRegistration)
 
+FIND_PACKAGE(Boost REQUIRED system serialization)
+
 # This module create a library, with the same name as the module
 SET(ImageToDBRegistration_LIBRARIES ImageToDBRegistration)