diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc
index 5d20b11e11..5a219c5030 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/boost/boost.inc
@@ -11,15 +11,13 @@ BOOST_LIBS = "\
 	iostreams \
 	program_options \
 	regex \
+	serialization \
 	signals \
 	system \
 	test \
 	thread \
 	"
 
-# FIXME: for some reason this fails on powerpc
-#BOOST_LIBS += "serialization"
-
 # To enable python, uncomment the following:
 #BOOST_LIBS += "python"
 #DEPENDS += "python"