diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/template b/srcpkgs/boost/template
index e25c3dd2546..e4ab36176d9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boost/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/template
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ do_check() {
 		./b2 $_testcase/test \
 			--user-config=${wrksrc}/user-config.jam \
 			--toolset=gcc abi=${_abi} architecture=${_arch} \
+			boost.stacktrace.from_exception="${_bst_except}" \
 			python=${py3_ver} release warnings-as-errors=off \
 			cxxflags="${CXXFLAGS}" linkflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
 			threading=multi ||
@@ -203,6 +204,7 @@ do_install() {
 		--user-config=${wrksrc}/user-config.jam \
 		cxxflags="${CXXFLAGS}" linkflags="${LDFLAGS}" \
 		python=${py3_ver} release \
+		boost.stacktrace.from_exception="${_bst_except}" \
 		threading=multi runtime-link=shared link=shared,static \
 		install