diff --git a/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
index 46a45875f..bfc846af3 100644
--- a/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,10 +48,19 @@ else()
     set(excluded_sources ${excluded_sources} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/geometry/Rot3Q.cpp")
 endif()
 
+# if GTSAM_ENABLE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION is not set, then we need to exclude the following:
+if(NOT GTSAM_ENABLE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION)
+    list (APPEND excluded_sources ${excluded_sources}
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gtsam/base/serializationTestHelpers.h"
+    )
+endif()
+ 
 # if GTSAM_USE_BOOST_FEATURES is not set, then we need to exclude the following:
 if(NOT GTSAM_USE_BOOST_FEATURES)
     list (APPEND excluded_sources ${excluded_sources}
         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/nonlinear/GncOptimizer.h"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/inference/graph.h"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/inference/graph-inl.h"
     )
 endif()
  
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index bf922057b..53183bc49 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (NOT GTSAM_USE_BOOST_FEATURES)
 	list(APPEND tests_exclude "testGncOptimizer.cpp")
+	list(APPEND tests_exclude "testGraph.cpp")
 endif()
 
 if (NOT GTSAM_ENABLE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION)