diff --git a/srcpkgs/cgal/patches/boost-system.patch b/srcpkgs/cgal/patches/boost-system.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f6edd53987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cgal/patches/boost-system.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupCGAL_CoreDependencies.cmake
++++ b/cmake/modules/CGAL_SetupCGAL_CoreDependencies.cmake
+@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ endif()
+ # See the release notes of CGAL-4.10: CGAL_Core now requires
+ # Boost.Thread, with all compilers but MSVC.
+ if (NOT MSVC)
+-  find_package( Boost 1.48 REQUIRED COMPONENTS thread system )
++  find_package( Boost 1.48 REQUIRED COMPONENTS thread )
+ endif()
+ 
+ function(CGAL_setup_CGAL_Core_dependencies target)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cgal/template b/srcpkgs/cgal/template
index 01f2bbd6915..d1d25ad7eb0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cgal/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cgal/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'cgal'
 pkgname=cgal
 version=4.14
-revision=8
+revision=9
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper="qemu"
-makedepends="boost-devel-minimal libboost_thread libboost_system
+makedepends="boost-devel-minimal libboost_thread
  eigen mpfr-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Computational Geometry Algorithms Library"
 maintainer="Pierre Allegraud <pierre.allegraud@crans.org>"