diff --git a/src/bsoncxx/cmake/bsoncxx-config.cmake.in b/src/bsoncxx/cmake/bsoncxx-config.cmake.in
index 768f3dde6..6dc7f064b 100644
--- a/src/bsoncxx/cmake/bsoncxx-config.cmake.in
+++ b/src/bsoncxx/cmake/bsoncxx-config.cmake.in
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 @BSONCXX_PKG_DEP@
+if("@Boost_FOUND@")
+    find_dependency(Boost 1.56.0 REQUIRED)
+endif()
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/bsoncxx_targets.cmake")