diff --git a/package/boost/boost.mk b/package/boost/boost.mk
index ef638fc9df..323802488d 100644
--- a/package/boost/boost.mk
+++ b/package/boost/boost.mk
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ define BOOST_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D) && ./bootstrap.sh $(BOOST_FLAGS))
 	echo "using gcc : `$(TARGET_CC) -dumpversion` : $(TARGET_CXX) : <cxxflags>\"$(BOOST_TARGET_CXXFLAGS)\" <linkflags>\"$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)\" ;" > $(@D)/user-config.jam
 	echo "" >> $(@D)/user-config.jam
+	sed -i "s/: -O.* ;/: $(TARGET_OPTIMIZATION) ;/" $(@D)/tools/build/src/tools/gcc.jam
 endef
 
 define BOOST_BUILD_CMDS