diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/docopt.cpp/docopt.cpp_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/docopt.cpp/docopt.cpp_git.bb
index 3d438871ed..87eed4b656 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/docopt.cpp/docopt.cpp_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/docopt.cpp/docopt.cpp_git.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "\
     file://LICENSE-MIT;md5=4b242fd9ef20207e18286d73da8a6677 \
 "
 
-DEPENDS = "boost"
 SRCREV = "42ebcec9dc2c99a1b3a4542787572045763ad196"
 PV = "0.6.3+git"
 
@@ -24,3 +23,6 @@ SRC_URI = "\
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
 inherit cmake
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
+PACKAGECONFIG[boost] = "-DUSE_BOOST_REGEX=ON,-DUSE_BOOST_REGEX=OFF,boost"