diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/builder.py b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/builder.py
index 4e523c2dc..8a5010420 100644
--- a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/builder.py
+++ b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/builder.py
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         build_dir,
         inst_dir,
         defines,
+        loader=None,
         final_install_prefix=None,
         extra_cmake_defines=None,
     ):
@@ -457,6 +458,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         self.defines = defines or {}
         if extra_cmake_defines:
             self.defines.update(extra_cmake_defines)
+        self.loader = loader
 
     def _invalidate_cache(self):
         for name in [
@@ -566,6 +568,24 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             # tests.
             defines["CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH"] = "ON"
 
+        boost_169_is_required = False
+        if self.loader:
+            for m in self.loader.manifests_in_dependency_order():
+                preinstalled = m.get_section_as_dict("preinstalled.env", self.ctx)
+                boost_169_is_required = "BOOST_ROOT_1_69_0" in preinstalled.keys()
+                if boost_169_is_required:
+                    break
+
+        if (
+            boost_169_is_required
+            and self.build_opts.allow_system_packages
+            and self.build_opts.host_type.get_package_manager()
+            and self.build_opts.host_type.get_package_manager() == "rpm"
+        ):
+            # Boost 1.69 rpms don't install cmake config to the system, so to point to them explicitly
+            defines["BOOST_INCLUDEDIR"] = "/usr/include/boost169"
+            defines["BOOST_LIBRARYDIR"] = "/usr/lib64/boost169"
+
         defines.update(self.defines)
         define_args = ["-D%s=%s" % (k, v) for (k, v) in defines.items()]
 
diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/manifest.py b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/manifest.py
index 71566d659..f69375047 100644
--- a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/manifest.py
+++ b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/manifest.py
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ class ManifestParser(object):
                 build_dir,
                 inst_dir,
                 defines,
+                loader,
                 final_install_prefix,
                 extra_cmake_defines,
             )
diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/py_wheel_builder.py b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/py_wheel_builder.py
index 82ad8b807..12a862573 100644
--- a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/py_wheel_builder.py
+++ b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/py_wheel_builder.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import email
 import os
 import re
 import stat
+from typing import List
 
 from .builder import BuilderBase, CMakeBuilder
 
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ class PythonWheelBuilder(BuilderBase):
             src_dir=self.build_dir,
             build_dir=self.build_dir,
             inst_dir=self.inst_dir,
+            loader=None,
             defines={},
             final_install_prefix=None,
         )
diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/boost b/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/boost
index 4b254e308..e78fd83d0 100644
--- a/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/boost
+++ b/build/fbcode_builder/manifests/boost
@@ -16,37 +16,37 @@ BOOST_ROOT_1_69_0
 libboost-all-dev
 
 [rpms]
-boost
-boost-math
-boost-test
-boost-fiber
-boost-graph
-boost-log
-boost-openmpi
-boost-timer
-boost-chrono
-boost-locale
-boost-thread
-boost-atomic
-boost-random
-boost-static
-boost-contract
-boost-date-time
-boost-iostreams
-boost-container
-boost-coroutine
-boost-filesystem
-boost-system
-boost-stacktrace
-boost-regex
-boost-devel
-boost-context
-boost-python3-devel
-boost-type_erasure
-boost-wave
-boost-python3
-boost-serialization
-boost-program-options
+boost169
+boost169-math
+boost169-test
+boost169-fiber
+boost169-graph
+boost169-log
+boost169-openmpi
+boost169-timer
+boost169-chrono
+boost169-locale
+boost169-thread
+boost169-atomic
+boost169-random
+boost169-static
+boost169-contract
+boost169-date-time
+boost169-iostreams
+boost169-container
+boost169-coroutine
+boost169-filesystem
+boost169-system
+boost169-stacktrace
+boost169-regex
+boost169-devel
+boost169-context
+boost169-python3-devel
+boost169-type_erasure
+boost169-wave
+boost169-python3
+boost169-serialization
+boost169-program-options
 
 [build]
 builder = boost