diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b976d5008..4fc7fc6bc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ if(MSVC AND NOT Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
 	add_definitions(-DBOOST_ALL_DYN_LINK)
 endif()
 
-find_package(Boost 1.43 COMPONENTS serialization system filesystem thread date_time regex timer chrono)
+find_package(Boost 1.43 COMPONENTS serialization system filesystem thread program_options date_time regex timer chrono)
 
 # Required components
 if(NOT Boost_SERIALIZATION_LIBRARY OR NOT Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY OR NOT Boost_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY OR
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 7116ae060..1c38616a4 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ foreach(example_src ${example_srcs} )
         set_target_properties(${example_bin} PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ON)
     endif()
     
-    target_link_libraries(${example_bin} ${gtsam-default})
+    target_link_libraries(${example_bin} ${gtsam-default} ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY})
 	if(NOT MSVC)
       add_custom_target(${example_bin}.run ${EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}${example_bin} ${ARGN})
 	endif()