set(boostLibs chrono filesystem locale program_options regex system thread)

if(MSVC)
    # use boost static libs to avoid LNK2019 errors
    set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
else()
    # expose the Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS option
    option(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS "Use Boost static libraries" OFF)
endif(MSVC)

find_package(Boost 1.55.0 COMPONENTS ${boostLibs})

if(Boost_FOUND)
    include_directories(SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
    link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
    add_definitions(-DHAVE_BOOST=1)
endif(Boost_FOUND)