diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cbcdf67d..27265616 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,13 @@ if (BUILD_PYTHON)
         endif ()
     endif ()
 
+    if (NOT Boost_PYTHON_FOUND)
+        find_package(Boost COMPONENTS python37 ${boost_libs})
+        if ("${Boost_LIBRARIES}" MATCHES ".*(python|PYTHON).*" )
+            set(Boost_PYTHON_FOUND TRUE)
+        endif ()
+    endif ()
+
     if (NOT Boost_PYTHON_FOUND)
         STRING(REGEX REPLACE "([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+).*" "\\1" gentoo_version ${PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING})
         find_package(Boost COMPONENTS python-${gentoo_version} ${boost_libs})