diff --git a/build.jam b/build.jam
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c8089b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.jam
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Copyright René Ferdinand Rivera Morell 2023-2024
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+require-b2 5.2 ;
+
+constant boost_dependencies :
+    /boost/assert//boost_assert
+    /boost/config//boost_config
+    /boost/core//boost_core
+    /boost/move//boost_move
+    /boost/static_assert//boost_static_assert
+    /boost/throw_exception//boost_throw_exception
+    /boost/type_traits//boost_type_traits ;
+
+project /boost/optional ;
+
+explicit
+    [ alias boost_optional : : : : <library>$(boost_dependencies) <include>include ]
+    [ alias all : boost_optional test ]
+    ;
+
+call-if : boost-library optional
+    ;
+
diff --git a/test/Jamfile.v2 b/test/Jamfile.v2
index e17fc3b..33c3f25 100644
--- a/test/Jamfile.v2
+++ b/test/Jamfile.v2
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import testing ;
 
 project
     : requirements
+        <library>/boost/optional//boost_optional
         [ requires
             cxx11_decltype
             cxx11_defaulted_functions
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ project
     ;
 
 
-run optional_test.cpp ;
+run optional_test.cpp : : : <library>/boost/bind//boost_bind <library>/boost/mpl//boost_mpl ;
 run optional_test_assign.cpp ;
 run optional_test_swap.cpp ;
 compile optional_test_wuninitialized.cpp ;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ run optional_test_make_optional.cpp ;
 run optional_test_flat_map.cpp ;
 run optional_test_hash.cpp ;
 run optional_test_map.cpp ;
-run optional_test_tie.cpp ;
+run optional_test_tie.cpp : : : <library>/boost/tuple//boost_tuple ;
 run optional_test_ref_assign_portable_minimum.cpp ;
 run optional_test_ref_assign_mutable_int.cpp ;
 run optional_test_ref_assign_const_int.cpp ;