diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dakota/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dakota/package.py
index b8c46953a26..2b8372a45d2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dakota/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dakota/package.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class Dakota(CMakePackage):
     depends_on("perl-data-dumper", type="build", when="@6.12:")
     depends_on("boost@:1.68.0", when="@:6.12")
     depends_on("boost@1.69.0:", when="@6.18:")
+    depends_on("boost +filesystem +program_options +regex +serialization +system")
 
     # TODO: replace this with an explicit list of components of Boost,
     # for instance depends_on('boost +filesystem')