diff --git a/src/utilities/mdframe/CMakeLists.txt b/src/utilities/mdframe/CMakeLists.txt
index b6b02995e9..a4bd75e49d 100644
--- a/src/utilities/mdframe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utilities/mdframe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 add_library(mdframe handler_csv.cpp handler_netcdf.cpp)
 add_library(NGen::mdframe ALIAS mdframe)
 target_include_directories(mdframe PUBLIC ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/utilities)
-target_link_libraries(mdframe PRIVATE NGen::mdarray)
+target_link_libraries(mdframe PRIVATE NGen::mdarray Boost::boost)