It seems that I need to use the dll-path feature to add an -rpath directive to the linker when my boost libraries are installed. This seems to be described (mostly) fairly clearly at http://www.boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/faq/dll-path.html What is not clear is where the feature should be invoked. My attempt to modify Jamroot to add <dll-path> to the boost-install rule failed in the sense that not rpath information makes it into the installed libraries. (The rest of this snippet is the original.). rule boost-install ( libraries * ) { package.install install : <dependency>/boost//install-headers $(install-requirements) : # No binaries : $(libraries) : # No headers, it's handled by the dependency ; install stage : $(libraries) : <location>$(BOOST_STAGE_LOCATE) <dll-path>/path/to/add/via/rpath ; local c = [ project.current ] ; local project-module = [ $(c).project-module ] ; module $(project-module) { explicit stage ; explicit install ; } } So, how is one supposed to invoke the <dll-path> feature in order to have -rpath added to the linking of libraries during their installation? Thanks for your help. Cheers, Brook