diff --git a/boost.sh b/boost.sh
index c8b29124ee..92337c6ea7 100644
--- a/boost.sh
+++ b/boost.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ build_requires:
 prefer_system: (?!slc5)
 prefer_system_check: |
   printf "#include \"boost/version.hpp\"\n# if (BOOST_VERSION < 105900)\n#error \"Cannot use system's boost. Boost > 1.59.00 required.\"\n#endif\nint main(){}" | gcc -I$(brew --prefix boost)/include -xc++ - -o /dev/null
+prepend_path:
+  ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH: "$BOOST_ROOT/include"
 ---
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
@@ -83,5 +85,6 @@ module load BASE/1.0 ${GCC_TOOLCHAIN_VERSION:+GCC-Toolchain/$GCC_TOOLCHAIN_VERSI
 # Our environment
 setenv BOOST_ROOT \$::env(BASEDIR)/$PKGNAME/\$version
 prepend-path LD_LIBRARY_PATH \$::env(BOOST_ROOT)/lib
+prepend-path ROOT_INCLUDE_PATH \$::env(BOOST_ROOT)/include
 $([[ ${ARCHITECTURE:0:3} == osx ]] && echo "prepend-path DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH \$::env(BOOST_ROOT)/lib")
 EoF