diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc
index a718a735dd..9b1f717441 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG ??= "locale python"
 PACKAGECONFIG[locale] = ",,icu"
 PACKAGECONFIG[graph_parallel] = ",,,boost-mpi mpich"
 PACKAGECONFIG[mpi] = ",,mpich"
+PACKAGECONFIG[numpy] = ",,python3-numpy python3-numpy-native"
 PACKAGECONFIG[python] = ",,python3"
 
 inherit python3-dir
@@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ FILES:${PN}-serialization = "${libdir}/libboost_serialization*.so.* \
 	${libdir}/libboost_wserialization*.so.*"
 FILES:${PN}-test = "${libdir}/libboost_prg_exec_monitor*.so.* \
 	${libdir}/libboost_unit_test_framework*.so.*"
+FILES:${PN}-python = "${libdir}/libboost_python*.so.* \
+        ${libdir}/libboost_numpy*.so.*"
 
 # -dev last to pick up the remaining stuff
 PACKAGES += "${PN}-dev ${PN}-staticdev"