diff --git a/sci-libs/blaze/blaze-3.8.recipe b/sci-libs/blaze/blaze-3.8.recipe
index 4a61fab1f..06c27d372 100644
--- a/sci-libs/blaze/blaze-3.8.recipe
+++ b/sci-libs/blaze/blaze-3.8.recipe
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ and SVML
 HOMEPAGE="https://bitbucket.org/blaze-lib/blaze/"
 COPYRIGHT="2012-2020 Klaus Iglberger"
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-REVISION="1"
+REVISION="2"
 SOURCE_URI="https://bitbucket.org/blaze-lib/blaze/downloads/blaze-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="dfaae1a3a9fea0b3cc92e78c9858dcc6c93301d59f67de5d388a3a41c8a629ae"
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
-	devel:libboost_system$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libboost_system$secondaryArchSuffix >= 1.70.0
 	devel:liblapack$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libopenblas$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ BUILD()
 	mkdir -p build && cd "$_"
 
 	cmake .. \
+		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 		$cmakeDirArgs