diff -urN a/openvdb/python/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/python/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openvdb/python/CMakeLists.txt	2017-07-31 19:16:32.000000000 +0100
+++ b/openvdb/python/CMakeLists.txt	2018-08-11 12:37:40.179360277 +0100
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 FIND_PACKAGE ( PythonInterp REQUIRED )
 FIND_PACKAGE ( PythonLibs REQUIRED )
-FIND_PACKAGE ( Boost ${MINIMUM_BOOST_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS python )
+FIND_PACKAGE ( Boost ${MINIMUM_BOOST_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR} )
 
 
 IF ( NOT OPENVDB_BUILD_CORE )
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
   ${GLFW_LINK_LIBRARY}
   ${GLFW_DEPENDENT_LIBRARIES}
   ${GLEW_GLEW_LIBRARY}
-  ${Boost_PYTHON_LIBRARY}
+  ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
   ${PYTHON_LIBRARY}
   ${Ilmbase_HALF_LIBRARY}
   )