diff --git a/CMakeExternals/Boost.cmake b/CMakeExternals/Boost.cmake
index cdbc5c726d..6ff83ff4e7 100644
--- a/CMakeExternals/Boost.cmake
+++ b/CMakeExternals/Boost.cmake
@@ -1,66 +1,68 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Boost
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 IF(MITK_USE_Boost)
 
   # Sanity checks
   IF(DEFINED BOOST_ROOT AND NOT EXISTS ${BOOST_ROOT})
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "BOOST_ROOT variable is defined but corresponds to non-existing directory")
   ENDIF()
 
   SET(proj Boost)
   SET(proj_DEPENDENCIES )
   SET(Boost_DEPENDS ${proj})
 
   IF(NOT DEFINED BOOST_ROOT AND NOT MITK_USE_SYSTEM_Boost)
   
     SET(_boost_libs )
     
     IF(MITK_USE_Boost_LIBRARIES)
       # We need binary boost libraries
       FOREACH(_boost_lib ${MITK_USE_Boost_LIBRARIES})
         SET(_boost_libs ${_boost_libs} --with-${_boost_lib})
       ENDFOREACH()
 
       IF(WIN32)
         SET(_boost_variant "")
         SET(_shell_extension .bat)
       ELSE()
         IF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
           SET(_boost_variant "variant=debug")
         ELSE()
           SET(_boost_variant "variant=release")
         ENDIF()
         SET(_shell_extension .sh)
       ENDIF()  
       
       SET(_boost_cfg_cmd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src/bootstrap${_shell_extension})
-      SET(_boost_build_cmd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src/bjam --build-dir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build ${_boost_variant} ${_boost_libs} link=shared,static threading=multi runtime-link=shared -q)
+      SET(_boost_build_cmd ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src/bjam --build-dir=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-build --prefix=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install ${_boost_variant} ${_boost_libs} link=shared,static threading=multi runtime-link=shared -q install)
     ELSE()
       SET(_boost_cfg_cmd )
       SET(_boost_build_cmd )
     ENDIF()
     
     ExternalProject_Add(${proj}
       URL http://mitk.org/download/thirdparty/boost_1_45_0.tar.bz2
       SOURCE_DIR ${proj}-src
       BINARY_DIR ${proj}-src
+      INSTALL_DIR ${proj}-install
       CONFIGURE_COMMAND "${_boost_cfg_cmd}"
       BUILD_COMMAND "${_boost_build_cmd}"
       INSTALL_COMMAND ""
       DEPENDS ${proj_DEPENDENCIES}
       )
-      
-    SET(BOOST_ROOT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src")
     
-    SET(BOOST_INCLUDEDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src")
-    SET(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src/stage/lib")
+    IF(MITK_USE_Boost_LIBRARIES)
+      SET(BOOST_ROOT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-install")
+    ELSE()
+      SET(BOOST_ROOT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${proj}-src")
+    ENDIF()
 
   ELSE()
 
     mitkMacroEmptyExternalProject(${proj} "${proj_DEPENDENCIES}")
     
   ENDIF()
   
 ENDIF()