diff --git a/media-gfx/opentoonz/opentoonz-1.7.0~git.recipe b/media-gfx/opentoonz/opentoonz-1.7.0~git.recipe
index 3399d51c2..67140b3c6 100644
--- a/media-gfx/opentoonz/opentoonz-1.7.0~git.recipe
+++ b/media-gfx/opentoonz/opentoonz-1.7.0~git.recipe
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
-	devel:libboost_system$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libboost_system$secondaryArchSuffix >= 1.69.0
 	devel:libexecinfo$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libfreetype$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libGL$secondaryArchSuffix