diff --git a/pkgs/nanos6/default.nix b/pkgs/nanos6/default.nix
index c419f2d..5cd6d53 100644
--- a/pkgs/nanos6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/nanos6/default.nix
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ in
       "--disable-all-instrumentations"
       "--enable-ovni-instrumentation"
       "--with-ovni=${ovni}"
+      "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
     ] ++
       (optional enableJemalloc "--with-jemalloc=${jemallocNanos6}") ++
       (optional enableGlibcxxDebug "CXXFLAGS=-D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG");