diff --git a/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords b/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
index c80d5e6c..3c3e520c 100644
--- a/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
+++ b/conf/armarch/portage/package.keywords/package.keywords
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ dev-lang/perl -~arm
 perl-core/* -~arm
 virtual/perl-* -~arm
 
+# force stable boost
+dev-libs/boost -~arm
+dev-util/boost-build -~arm
+
 # Only use stable versions of these libs
 sys-kernel/linux-headers -~arm
 sys-libs/glibc -~arm