diff --git a/package/boost/boost.mk b/package/boost/boost.mk
index 98ec30f98f..3bc8a83875 100644
--- a/package/boost/boost.mk
+++ b/package/boost/boost.mk
@@ -92,10 +92,10 @@ BOOST_ABI = sysv
 endif
 
 BOOST_OPTS += --no-cmake-config \
-	     toolset=gcc \
-	     threading=multi \
-	     abi=$(BOOST_ABI) \
-	     variant=$(if $(BR2_ENABLE_RUNTIME_DEBUG),debug,release)
+	toolset=gcc \
+	threading=multi \
+	abi=$(BOOST_ABI) \
+	variant=$(if $(BR2_ENABLE_RUNTIME_DEBUG),debug,release)
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_sparc64),y)
 BOOST_OPTS += architecture=sparc instruction-set=ultrasparc