diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 62c55f4..fe7be9e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -48,21 +48,7 @@
 
 threads = dependency('threads')
 
-boost = dependency(
-    'boost',
-    version: '>=1.79.0',
-    required: false,
-    include_type: 'system',
-)
-if not boost.found()
-    subproject('boost', required: false)
-    boost_inc = include_directories(
-        'subprojects/boost_1_79_0/',
-        is_system: true,
-    )
-    boost = declare_dependency(include_directories: boost_inc)
-    boost = boost.as_system('system')
-endif
+boost = dependency('boost', version: '>=1.79.0', include_type: 'system')
 
 uring = dependency('liburing', include_type: 'system')
 
diff --git a/subprojects/boost.wrap b/subprojects/boost.wrap
index 008548f..90357ed 100644
--- a/subprojects/boost.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/boost.wrap
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 [wrap-file]
+directory = boost_1_79_0
 source_url = https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/boost_1_79_0.tar.bz2
 source_hash = 475d589d51a7f8b3ba2ba4eda022b170e562ca3b760ee922c146b6c65856ef39
 source_filename = 1_79_0.tar.bz2
+patch_directory = boost
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/boost/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/boost/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d08c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/boost/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+project('boost',
+    'cpp',
+    version : '1.79.0',
+    license : 'Boost'
+)
+
+boost_dep = declare_dependency(
+    include_directories : include_directories('.'),
+)
+
+meson.override_dependency('boost', boost_dep)