diff --git a/Makefile.config.in b/Makefile.config.in
index 936a4f40..7e3b35b9 100644
--- a/Makefile.config.in
+++ b/Makefile.config.in
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
 ENABLE_S3 = @ENABLE_S3@
 HAVE_SODIUM = @HAVE_SODIUM@
 HAVE_SECCOMP = @HAVE_SECCOMP@
+BOOST_LDFLAGS = @BOOST_LDFLAGS@
 LIBCURL_LIBS = @LIBCURL_LIBS@
 OPENSSL_LIBS = @OPENSSL_LIBS@
 PACKAGE_NAME = @PACKAGE_NAME@
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 571bb54d..a52830b3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ AC_SUBST(storedir)
 # and CPPFLAGS are not passed to the C++ compiler automatically.
 # Thus we append the returned CPPFLAGS to the CXXFLAGS here.
 AX_BOOST_BASE([1.66], [CXXFLAGS="$BOOST_CPPFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"], [AC_MSG_ERROR([Nix requires boost.])])
+# For unknown reasons, setting this directly in the ACTION-IF-FOUND above
+# ends up with LDFLAGS being empty, so we set it afterwards.
+LDFLAGS="$BOOST_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
 
 
 # Look for OpenSSL, a required dependency.
diff --git a/src/libutil/local.mk b/src/libutil/local.mk
index 3ccc23fd..e41a67d1 100644
--- a/src/libutil/local.mk
+++ b/src/libutil/local.mk
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ libutil_DIR := $(d)
 
 libutil_SOURCES := $(wildcard $(d)/*.cc)
 
-libutil_LDFLAGS = $(LIBLZMA_LIBS) -lbz2 -pthread $(OPENSSL_LIBS) $(LIBBROTLI_LIBS) -lboost_context
+libutil_LDFLAGS = $(LIBLZMA_LIBS) -lbz2 -pthread $(OPENSSL_LIBS) $(LIBBROTLI_LIBS) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) -lboost_context
diff --git a/src/nix/local.mk b/src/nix/local.mk
index ca4604d5..c09efd1f 100644
--- a/src/nix/local.mk
+++ b/src/nix/local.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ nix_SOURCES := \
 
 nix_LIBS = libexpr libmain libstore libutil
 
-nix_LDFLAGS = -pthread $(SODIUM_LIBS) $(EDITLINE_LIBS)
+nix_LDFLAGS = -pthread $(SODIUM_LIBS) $(EDITLINE_LIBS) $(BOOST_LDFLAGS) -lboost_context -lboost_thread -lboost_system
 
 $(foreach name, \
   nix-build nix-channel nix-collect-garbage nix-copy-closure nix-daemon nix-env nix-hash nix-instantiate nix-prefetch-url nix-shell nix-store, \