diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 054503dc2..42d2fc2b9 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,9 +87,9 @@ if (${USE_BOOST} STREQUAL "ON")
   if (WIN32)
     set (Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
   endif ()
-  find_package (Boost 1.40.0 COMPONENTS date_time thread)
+  find_package (Boost 1.40.0 COMPONENTS date_time system thread)
   if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
-    print_error ("Boost Datetime/Thread" "Boost")
+    print_error ("Boost Date_Time/System/Thread" "Boost")
   endif ()
   include_directories (${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif ()
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index c31234174..f6b0c7be8 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Build-Depends: ant,
                default-jdk | java-sdk,
                javahelper (>= 0.34),
                libboost-dev (>= 1.40),
+               libboost-system-dev (>= 1.40),
                libboost-thread-dev (>= 1.40),
                libgtest-dev,
                libicu-dev (>= 4.4),