diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index 790ea8467e9..1917848caf6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'boost'
 pkgname=boost
 version=1.83.0
-revision=7
+revision=8
 build_style=meta
 hostmakedepends="which bzip2-devel icu-devel python3-devel pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel bzip2-devel icu-devel python3-devel liblzma-devel libzstd-devel"
@@ -63,14 +63,16 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*) subpackages+=" libboost_math_c99l libboost_math_tr1l";;
 esac
 
+_uses_libquadmath=no
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	i686*|x86_64*|ppc64le) _uses_libquadmath=yes ;;
+esac
+
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	subpackages+=" libboost_stacktrace_addr2line"
-
-	case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-		i686*|x86_64*|ppc64le)
-			makedepends+=" libquadmath-devel"
-			;;
-	esac
+	if [ "$_uses_libquadmath" = "yes" ]; then
+		makedepends+=" libquadmath-devel"
+	fi
 fi
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
@@ -219,6 +221,9 @@ boost-devel_package() {
 	_depends="${subpackages/boost-devel}"
 	_depends="${_depends/libboost_mpi-python3}"
 	depends="${_depends/boost-python3}"
+	if [ "$_uses_libquadmath" = "yes" ]; then
+		depends+=" libquadmath-devel"
+	fi
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include