diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc
index a718a735dd..e0ffc20447 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"
 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"
@@ -173,7 +176,11 @@ do_configure() {
 
 	# If we want Python then we need to tell Boost *exactly* where to find it
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('BOOST_LIBS', 'python', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
-		echo "using python : ${PYTHON_BASEVERSION} : ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${bindir}/python3-native/python3 : ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${includedir}/${PYTHON_DIR}${PYTHON_ABI} : ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${libdir}/${PYTHON_DIR} ;" >> ${WORKDIR}/user-config.jam
+		if ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'numpy', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+                        # Use the python-numpy-include feature patched in to boost-build-native
+			ENABLE_NUMPY="<python-numpy-include>${STAGING_LIBDIR}/${PYTHON_DIR}/site-packages/numpy/_core/include"
+		fi
+		echo "using python : ${PYTHON_BASEVERSION} : ${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${bindir}/python3-native/python3 : ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${includedir}/${PYTHON_DIR}${PYTHON_ABI} : ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}${libdir}/${PYTHON_DIR} : ${ENABLE_NUMPY} ;" >> ${WORKDIR}/user-config.jam
 	fi
 
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('BOOST_LIBS', 'mpi', 'true', 'false', d)}; then