diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
index fea3f50b8..4e1da912d 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ packages:
 - "libdb4.8++-dev"
 - "qt4-qmake"
 - "libqt4-dev"
-- "libboost-all-dev"
+- "libboost-system-dev"
+- "libboost-filesystem-dev"
+- "libboost-program-options-dev"
+- "libboost-thread-dev"
 - "libssl-dev"
 - "git-core"
 - "unzip"