diff --git a/ports/boost/CONTROL b/ports/boost/CONTROL
index 6c773202133..e2d9f7dba39 100644
--- a/ports/boost/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/boost/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: boost
 Version: 1.65-1
 Description: Peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries
-Build-Depends: zlib, bzip2, icu [windows]
+Build-Depends: zlib, bzip2, icu [windows], python3 [windows]
diff --git a/ports/boost/desktop/user-config.jam b/ports/boost/desktop/user-config.jam
index 212cd06b8c9..83206c098db 100644
--- a/ports/boost/desktop/user-config.jam
+++ b/ports/boost/desktop/user-config.jam
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ using msvc : 14.1 : cl.exe :
 <setup>echo
 ;
 
+using python : @PYTHON_VERSION@ : : @PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH@ : @PYTHONLIBS_RELEASE@ ;
+using python : @PYTHON_VERSION@ : : @PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH@ : @PYTHONLIBS_DEBUG@ : <python-debugging>on ;
+
 project user-config ;
 lib advapi32 ;
 lib icuuc : : <search>@CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR@/lib : :
diff --git a/ports/boost/portfile.cmake b/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
index 74db8a52463..8fd29a1f6eb 100644
--- a/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ set(B2_OPTIONS
     --hash
     -q
 
-    --without-python
     threading=multi
 )
 
@@ -147,6 +146,7 @@ if(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "WindowsStore")
         --without-thread
         --without-iostreams
         --without-container
+        --without-python
     )
     if(VCPKG_PLATFORM_TOOLSET MATCHES "v141")
         find_path(PATH_TO_CL cl.exe)
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ if(VCPKG_CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "WindowsStore")
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/uwp/user-config.jam ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg/user-config.jam ESCAPE_QUOTES @ONLY)
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/uwp/user-config.jam ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/user-config.jam ESCAPE_QUOTES @ONLY)
 else()
+    # Find Python. Can't use find_package here, but we already know where everything is
+    file(GLOB PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include/python[0-9.]*")
+    set(PYTHONLIBS_RELEASE "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib")
+    set(PYTHONLIBS_DEBUG "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib")
+    string(REGEX REPLACE ".*python([0-9\.]+)$" "\\1" PYTHON_VERSION ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH})
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/desktop/user-config.jam ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-dbg/user-config.jam @ONLY)
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/desktop/user-config.jam ${CURRENT_BUILDTREES_DIR}/${TARGET_TRIPLET}-rel/user-config.jam @ONLY)
 endif()