diff --git a/msgconnector/Makefile b/msgconnector/Makefile
index f32c00afe89edbfcf3f6bb208b77492a094bb0e6..b6a9d0b464e39f3bfdf01a9d661c70926698e01f 100644
--- a/msgconnector/Makefile
+++ b/msgconnector/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 DISTNAME=		msgconnector-${VERSION}
-VERSION=		2.4.0
+VERSION=		2.5.0
 PKGREVISION=    	
 CATEGORIES=		planning
 MASTER_SITES=		${MASTER_SITE_OPENROBOTS:=msgconnector/}
@@ -56,7 +56,15 @@ endef
 
 #PKG_SUGGESTED_OPTIONS= server
 
+DEPEND_ABI.boost-libs=boost-libs>=1.34
+DEPEND_ABI.boost-headers=boost-headers>=1.34
+
+CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DBOOST_LIBRARYDIR=${PREFIX.boost-libs}
+CMAKE_ARGS+=	-DBOOST_INCLUDEDIR=${PREFIX.boost-headers}
+
 include ../../pkgtools/pkg-config/depend.mk
+include ../../devel/boost-headers/depend.mk
+include ../../devel/boost-libs/depend.mk
 include ../../mk/sysdep/cmake.mk
 include ../../mk/language/c.mk
 include ../../mk/language/c++.mk
diff --git a/msgconnector/depend.mk b/msgconnector/depend.mk
index d559aaeeaaa5d4018edfba03777fe3379c6cc916..737cb50dc747382d454b1315f5bb618109014708 100644
--- a/msgconnector/depend.mk
+++ b/msgconnector/depend.mk
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ PREFER.msgconnector?=	robotpkg
 
 DEPEND_USE+=		msgconnector
 
-DEPEND_ABI.msgconnector?=	msgconnector>=2.4.0
+DEPEND_ABI.msgconnector?=	msgconnector>=2.5.0
 DEPEND_DIR.msgconnector?=	../../wip/msgconnector
 
 SYSTEM_SEARCH.msgconnector=\
diff --git a/msgconnector/distinfo b/msgconnector/distinfo
index fa4cb742da26aae3e547a8afe2fbd802dfc5337a..d19c705b7171928b00d251cb810dabf72a176382 100644
--- a/msgconnector/distinfo
+++ b/msgconnector/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-SHA1 (msgconnector-2.4.0.tar.gz) = 97eea6e23e0f70b7eaed92375c8859172e8f3d61
-RMD160 (msgconnector-2.4.0.tar.gz) = a8e9ec3706eccc37a09b943d8178cfe0f33870ba
-Size (msgconnector-2.4.0.tar.gz) = 19000 bytes
+SHA1 (msgconnector-2.5.0.tar.gz) = c3d0e1f8889db5cc8f0be040bf10a3478b2b987d
+RMD160 (msgconnector-2.5.0.tar.gz) = bac896e52bcd40e8a166be9c9f035b15e131626b
+Size (msgconnector-2.5.0.tar.gz) = 19549 bytes