diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f8e6fc720cff31d243c8f2b14d023998d5403de9..ce7beb3112b532aec1f8b8b3de29a5874ab90048 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ include(DuneMacros)
 # start a dune project with information from dune.module
 dune_project()
 
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED system filesystem)
 find_package(HDF5 REQUIRED)