Index: code/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- code/CMakeLists.txt	(revision 526)
+++ code/CMakeLists.txt	(working copy)
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 
 SET( HEADER_PATH ../include/ )
 
+message(status " debug: ${boost_include_dirs}" )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( 
+	include
+	${boost_include_dirs}
+)
+
+LINK_DIRECTORIES( 
+	${boost_library_dirs}
+)
+
 SOURCE_GROUP( Logging FILES 
 	${HEADER_PATH}/DefaultLogger.h 
 	${HEADER_PATH}/IOStream.h
@@ -583,6 +593,10 @@
 )
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DASSIMP_BUILD_DLL_EXPORT)
 
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES( assimp ${boost_libraries})
+
+INSTALL (TARGETS assimp DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)
+
 if (WIN32)
 	if ( MSVC80 )
 		ADD_DEFINITIONS( -D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS )
Index: CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- CMakeLists.txt	(revision 526)
+++ CMakeLists.txt	(working copy)
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.6 )
 PROJECT( AssetImporter )
 
+SET (boost_include_dirs "" CACHE STRING "Boost include paths. Use this to override automatic detection.")
+SET (boost_library_dirs "" CACHE STRING "Boost library paths. Use this to override automatic detection.")
+SET (boost_libraries "" CACHE STRING "Boost libraries. Use this to override automatic detection.")
+
+message(status " debug: ${boost_include_dirs}" )
+
 SET( CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/code )
 SET( CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/bin )
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( 
 	include
+	${boost_include_dirs}
 )
 
+LINK_DIRECTORIES( 
+	${boost_library_dirs}
+)
+
 SET( CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/lib )
 SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/bin )