diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a69a1d3c694bcdda673c757c4c61b3cf0164f3a2..7e1c2792bda779dd60043d87d740b65222462e76 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,12 @@ else(WIN32)
 		message(STATUS "Using non-multithreaded boost")
 		set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED 0)
 	endif(contains)
-	find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options date_time system filesystem regex thread-mt signals REQUIRED)
+	set(Boost_FIND_QUIETLY ON)
+	find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options date_time system filesystem regex thread-mt signals)
+	if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
+		set(Boost_FIND_QUIETLY OFF)
+		find_package(Boost COMPONENTS program_options date_time system filesystem regex thread signals REQUIRED)
+	endif()
 endif(WIN32)
 
 message( STATUS "Found Boost: ${Boost_LIBRARIES}, ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")