diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 076d00f..2c9b70b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@
     '-DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB',
 ]
 build_tests = get_option('tests')
-boost = dependency('boost')
+boost = dependency('boost', required: false)
+if not boost.found()
+     subproject('boost', required: false)
+     boost = declare_dependency(
+         include_directories: 'subprojects/boost_1_71_0',
+     )
+endif
 i2c = meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('i2c')
 sdbusplus = dependency('sdbusplus')
 systemd = dependency('systemd')
diff --git a/subprojects/boost.wrap b/subprojects/boost.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5448337
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/boost.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[wrap-file]
+source_url = http://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.71.0/source/boost_1_71_0.tar.gz
+source_hash = 96b34f7468f26a141f6020efb813f1a2f3dfb9797ecf76a7d7cbd843cc95f5bd
+source_filename = boost_1_71_0.tar.gz