diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca8542fbf..e79a38349 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -214,11 +214,12 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
 elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
     MY_CHECK_AND_SET_COMPILER_FLAG("-Wno-register")
 endif()
+MY_CHECK_AND_SET_COMPILER_FLAG("-Wno-deprecated-copy" DEBUG RELEASE RELWITHDEBINFO MINSIZEREL)
 
 MY_CHECK_AND_SET_COMPILER_FLAG("-Werror -Wall")
 SET (ENGINE_LDFLAGS    "-Wl,--no-as-needed -Wl,--add-needed")
 SET (ENGINE_DT_LIB datatypes)
-SET (ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS     messageqcpp loggingcpp configcpp idbboot ${Boost_LIBRARIES} xml2 pthread rt libmysql_client ${ENGINE_DT_LIB})
+SET (ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS     messageqcpp loggingcpp configcpp idbboot Boost::thread xml2 pthread rt libmysql_client ${ENGINE_DT_LIB})
 SET (ENGINE_OAM_LIBS        oamcpp)
 SET (ENGINE_BRM_LIBS        brm idbdatafile cacheutils rwlock ${ENGINE_OAM_LIBS} ${ENGINE_COMMON_LIBS})
 SET (ENGINE_EXEC_LIBS       joblist execplan windowfunction joiner rowgroup funcexp udfsdk regr dataconvert common compress querystats querytele thrift threadpool ${ENGINE_BRM_LIBS})
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ SET (ENGINE_UTILS_UDFSDK_INCLUDE      "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils/udfsdk"
 
 SET (ENGINE_DEFAULT_INCLUDES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} "." "../" "../../" ${SERVER_BUILD_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-SET (ENGINE_COMMON_INCLUDES  ${ENGINE_DEFAULT_INCLUDES} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR} ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ENGINE_UTILS_MESSAGEQCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_SHARED_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_IDBDATAFILE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_LOGGINGCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_CONFIGCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_COMPRESS_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_VERSIONING_BRM_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_ROWGROUP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_COMMON_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_DATACONVERT_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_RWLOCK_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_FUNCEXP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_OAMAPPS_ALARMMANAGER_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_OAM_OAMCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_DDLPKGPROC_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_DDLPKG_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_EXECPLAN_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_STARTUP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_JOBLIST_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_WRAPPER_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_SERVER_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_DMLPKG_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_CLIENT_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_DMLPKGPROC_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_CACHEUTILS_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_MYSQLCL_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_QUERYTELE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_THRIFT_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_JOINER_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_THREADPOOL_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_BATCHLDR_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_DDLCLEANUP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_QUERYSTATS_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_CONFIGCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_SQL_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_INCLUDE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_PCRE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_WSREP_API_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_WSREP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_UDFSDK_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_LIBMYSQL_CL_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DATATYPES_INCLUDE})
+SET (ENGINE_COMMON_INCLUDES  ${ENGINE_DEFAULT_INCLUDES} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ENGINE_UTILS_MESSAGEQCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_SHARED_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_IDBDATAFILE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_LOGGINGCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_CONFIGCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_COMPRESS_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_VERSIONING_BRM_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_ROWGROUP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_COMMON_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_DATACONVERT_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_RWLOCK_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_FUNCEXP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_OAMAPPS_ALARMMANAGER_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_OAM_OAMCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_DDLPKGPROC_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_DDLPKG_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_EXECPLAN_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_STARTUP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_JOBLIST_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_WRAPPER_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_SERVER_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_DMLPKG_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_CLIENT_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DBCON_DMLPKGPROC_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_CACHEUTILS_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_MYSQLCL_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_QUERYTELE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_THRIFT_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_JOINER_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_THREADPOOL_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_BATCHLDR_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_DDLCLEANUP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_QUERYSTATS_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_WE_CONFIGCPP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_SQL_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_INCLUDE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_PCRE_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_WSREP_API_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_SERVER_WSREP_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_UDFSDK_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_UTILS_LIBMYSQL_CL_INCLUDE} ${ENGINE_DATATYPES_INCLUDE})
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(dbcon/mysql)
 IF(NOT TARGET columnstore)
diff --git a/cmake/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 899c31152..000000000
--- a/cmake/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION @CMAKE_VERSION@)
-project (BoostExternal)
-include(ExternalProject)
-
-if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
-  set(_toolset "gcc")
-elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang")
-  set(_toolset "clang")
-elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Intel")
-  set(_toolset "intel-linux")
-endif()
-
-set(INSTALL_LOCATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-lib)
-
-set(_cxxargs "-fPIC -DBOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR -fvisibility=default")
-set(_b2args cxxflags=${_cxxargs};cflags=-fPIC;threading=multi; toolset=${_toolset} --without-python;--prefix=${INSTALL_LOCATION})
-
-ExternalProject_Add(external_boost
-  PREFIX boost
-  URL https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.79.0/source/boost_1_79_0.tar.bz2
-  URL_HASH SHA256=475d589d51a7f8b3ba2ba4eda022b170e562ca3b760ee922c146b6c65856ef39
-  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./bootstrap.sh
-  UPDATE_COMMAND ""
-  BUILD_COMMAND ./b2 -q ${_b2args}
-  LOG_BUILD TRUE
-  BUILD_IN_SOURCE TRUE
-  INSTALL_COMMAND ./b2 -q install ${_b2args}
-  LOG_INSTALL TRUE
-)
-
-unset(_b2args)
-unset(_toolset)
diff --git a/cmake/boost.cmake b/cmake/boost.cmake
index 25ca5c3fb..ada42a73d 100644
--- a/cmake/boost.cmake
+++ b/cmake/boost.cmake
@@ -1,44 +1,41 @@
+include(ExternalProject)
 
-# boost super build (see superbuild.md)
-
-
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/boost.CMakeLists.txt.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.boost/CMakeLists.txt @ONLY)
-SET(BOOST_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.boost/boost-lib)
-
-message ("-- External: Configuring Boost")
-execute_process(
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} .
-    -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}"
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.boost
-  RESULT_VARIABLE _exec_ret
-)
-
-if(${_exec_ret})
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Error ${_exec_ret} configuring boost dependency.")
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
+  set(_toolset "gcc")
+elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang")
+  set(_toolset "clang")
+elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Intel")
+  set(_toolset "intel-linux")
 endif()
 
-message ("-- External: Building Boost")
-execute_process(
-	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build .
-	WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.boost
-  RESULT_VARIABLE _exec_ret
+set(INSTALL_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/.boost/boost-lib)
+SET(Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS "${INSTALL_LOCATION}/include")
+SET(Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS "${INSTALL_LOCATION}/lib")
+LINK_DIRECTORIES("${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
+
+set(_cxxargs "-fPIC -DBOOST_NO_AUTO_PTR -fvisibility=default")
+set(_b2args cxxflags=${_cxxargs};cflags=-fPIC;threading=multi; toolset=${_toolset} --without-python;--prefix=${INSTALL_LOCATION})
+
+FOREACH(name chrono filesystem program_options regex system thread)
+  SET(lib boost_${name})
+  ADD_LIBRARY(${lib} STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+  ADD_LIBRARY(Boost::${name} ALIAS ${lib})
+  ADD_DEPENDENCIES(${lib} external_boost)
+  SET (loc "${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${lib}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+  SET(byproducts ${byproducts} BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${loc})
+  SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${lib} PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${loc})
+ENDFOREACH()
+
+ExternalProject_Add(external_boost
+  PREFIX .boost
+  URL https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/1.79.0/source/boost_1_79_0.tar.bz2
+  URL_HASH SHA256=475d589d51a7f8b3ba2ba4eda022b170e562ca3b760ee922c146b6c65856ef39
+  CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./bootstrap.sh
+  UPDATE_COMMAND ""
+  BUILD_COMMAND ./b2 -q ${_b2args}
+  BUILD_IN_SOURCE TRUE
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ./b2 -q install ${_b2args}
+  LOG_BUILD TRUE
+  LOG_INSTALL TRUE
+  ${byproducts}
 )
-
-if(${_exec_ret})
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Error ${_exec_ret} building boost dependency: ${_exec_ret}")
-endif()
-
-unset(_exec_ret)
-
-
-message("Boost installed localy at ${BOOST_ROOT}")
-
-
-SET(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
-FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.78.0 COMPONENTS system filesystem thread regex date_time chrono atomic)
-IF (NOT Boost_FOUND)
-    MESSAGE_ONCE(CS_NO_BOOST "Required Boost libraries not found!")
-    return()
-ENDIF()
diff --git a/datatypes/CMakeLists.txt b/datatypes/CMakeLists.txt
index c74eaf7fc..fe8fa7142 100644
--- a/datatypes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/datatypes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set(datatypes_LIB_SRCS
     mcs_decimal.cpp)
 
 add_library(datatypes SHARED ${datatypes_LIB_SRCS})
+add_dependencies(datatypes external_boost)
 
 install(TARGETS datatypes DESTINATION ${ENGINE_LIBDIR} COMPONENT columnstore-engine)
 
diff --git a/utils/compress/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/compress/CMakeLists.txt
index 8337e7273..0e04d3cc5 100644
--- a/utils/compress/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/compress/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ set(compress_LIB_SRCS
 add_definitions(-DNDEBUG)
 
 add_library(compress SHARED ${compress_LIB_SRCS})
+add_dependencies(compress loggingcpp external_boost)
 
 target_link_libraries(compress ${SNAPPY_LIBRARIES})
 IF(HAVE_LZ4)
diff --git a/utils/loggingcpp/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/loggingcpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c4573c0b2..c217775ac 100644
--- a/utils/loggingcpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/loggingcpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ add_library(loggingcpp SHARED
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/messageids.h
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/errorids.h
 )
+add_dependencies(loggingcpp external_boost)
 
 install(TARGETS loggingcpp DESTINATION ${ENGINE_LIBDIR} COMPONENT columnstore-engine)
 
diff --git a/utils/querytele/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/querytele/CMakeLists.txt
index f4792192b..ae70df9bc 100644
--- a/utils/querytele/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/querytele/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ set(querytele_LIB_SRCS
     queryteleprotoimpl.cpp)
 
 add_library(querytele SHARED ${querytele_LIB_SRCS})
+add_dependencies(querytele external_boost)
 
 install(TARGETS querytele DESTINATION ${ENGINE_LIBDIR} COMPONENT columnstore-engine)
 
diff --git a/utils/rwlock/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/rwlock/CMakeLists.txt
index c764067de..c4e401c7f 100644
--- a/utils/rwlock/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/rwlock/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ include_directories( ${ENGINE_COMMON_INCLUDES} )
 set(rwlock_LIB_SRCS rwlock.cpp rwlock_local.cpp)
 
 add_library(rwlock SHARED ${rwlock_LIB_SRCS})
+add_dependencies(rwlock external_boost)
 
 install(TARGETS rwlock DESTINATION ${ENGINE_LIBDIR} COMPONENT columnstore-engine)
 
diff --git a/utils/startup/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/startup/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d384487a..26d65e580 100644
--- a/utils/startup/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/startup/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ include_directories( ${ENGINE_COMMON_INCLUDES} )
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-fPIC -DPIC)
 
 add_library(idbboot STATIC installdir.cpp)
+add_dependencies(idbboot external_boost)
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS idbboot DESTINATION ${ENGINE_LIBDIR})
 
diff --git a/utils/thrift/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/thrift/CMakeLists.txt
index 709590478..a4e33cd9c 100644
--- a/utils/thrift/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/thrift/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ set(thrift_LIB_SRCS
 add_definitions(-DTHRIFT_SQUELCH_CONSOLE_OUTPUT)
 
 add_library(thrift SHARED ${thrift_LIB_SRCS})
+add_dependencies(thrift external_boost)
 
 install(TARGETS thrift DESTINATION ${ENGINE_LIBDIR} COMPONENT columnstore-engine)