diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns-recursor/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns-recursor/package.nix
index 125c5110c118..0461163607c7 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns-recursor/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/pd/pdns-recursor/package.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     "--enable-reproducible"
     "--enable-systemd"
     "--enable-dns-over-tls"
+    "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
     "sysconfdir=/etc/pdns-recursor"
   ];