I am not sure if the following behavior is due to a local configuration error or an outcome of boost bbv2: In bbv1 the install generated libboost_XXX.lib for static libraries and boost_XXX.lib import and boost_XXX.dll DLL libraries. When doing the same with bbv2 I get boost_XXX.dll and no import libs for DLL and libboost_XXX.a for static libs. I am trying with mingw which I specified as using gcc : 3.4.2 : C:\Mingw\bin\g++.exe ; in user.config.jam in my "home" directory. Additional note: I also have cygwin installed. Roland