diff --git a/BUILDDEP b/BUILDDEP
index 216d8bdeb4..9ee7826742 100644
--- a/BUILDDEP
+++ b/BUILDDEP
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Build-time library dependencies
   - Boost.Function
   - Boost.Bind
   - Boost.Uuid
+  - Boost.Smart_Ptr
 
 - OpenGL (>= 2.1)
 - SDL (>= 1.2.14)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 567f7a0d79..a411b60296 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ BOOST_DATE_TIME
 BOOST_FUNCTION
 BOOST_BIND
 BOOST_UUID
+BOOST_SMART_PTR
 
 dnl OpenGL
 case "$target" in