diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c138a81876b7377d8e4ed48a3aa9f163b8586552..0e0d245154ced30d96aa407b0c67da474f7604e8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -644,6 +644,7 @@ endif()
 ##
 #############################################################################################################################
 set ( waLBerla_REQUIRED_MIN_BOOST_VERSION "1.48")
+set ( Boost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE ON)
 
 if ( NOT WALBERLA_USE_STD_FILESYSTEM AND NOT WALBERLA_USE_STD_EXPERIMENTAL_FILESYSTEM )
   list ( APPEND waLBerla_REQUIRED_BOOST_COMPONENTS filesystem system )
@@ -661,7 +662,7 @@ set ( Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS
       "1.45" "1.45.0" "1.46" "1.46.0" "1.46.1" "1.47" "1.47.0" "1.48" "1.48.0" "1.49" "1.49.0"
       "1.50" "1.50.0" "1.51" "1.51.0" "1.52" "1.52.0" "1.53" "1.53.0" "1.54" "1.54.0" "1.55" "1.55.0"
       "1.56" "1.56.0" "1.57" "1.57.0" "1.58" "1.58.0" "1.59" "1.59.0" "1.60" "1.60.0" "1.61" "1.61.0" "1.62" "1.62.0" "1.63" "1.63.0"
-      "1.64.0" "1.65.0" "1.65.1" "1.66.0" "1.67.0" "1.68.0" "1.69.0" "1.70.0" )
+      "1.64.0" "1.65.0" "1.65.1" "1.66.0" "1.67.0" "1.68.0" "1.69.0" "1.70.0" "1.71.0")
 
 set ( Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS    OFF CACHE BOOL "Use boost static libraries" )
 set ( Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED  OFF CACHE BOOL "Use boost multithreaded libraries" )