diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e86c378..85e2ee0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@
 phosphor_logging = dependency('phosphor-logging')
 phosphor_dbus_interfaces = dependency('phosphor-dbus-interfaces')
 sdbusplus = dependency('sdbusplus')
-
+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
 
 if get_option('buildtype').startswith('debug')
     add_project_arguments('-DMAPPER_ENABLE_DEBUG', language : 'cpp')
@@ -84,7 +90,7 @@
         'src/associations.cpp',
     ],
     dependencies: [
-        dependency('boost'),
+        boost,
         dependency('libsystemd'),
         phosphor_dbus_interfaces,
         phosphor_logging,
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 183ed88..07ef230 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   extra_deps = t[1]
   test(name, executable(name.underscorify(), name + '.cpp',
                      implicit_include_directories: false,
-                     dependencies: [gtest, gmock, sdbusplus, extra_deps],
+                     dependencies: [boost, gtest, gmock, sdbusplus, extra_deps],
                      include_directories: ['../..']),
        workdir: meson.current_source_dir())
 endforeach
diff --git a/subprojects/boost.wrap b/subprojects/boost.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d36198
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/boost.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[wrap-file]
+source_url = https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/mirror/sources/boost_1_79_0.tar.bz2
+source_hash = 475d589d51a7f8b3ba2ba4eda022b170e562ca3b760ee922c146b6c65856ef39
+source_filename = 1_79_0.tar.bz2
+