diff --git a/pkgmngt/packInstall.sh.porg b/pkgmngt/packInstall.sh.porg
index 100e569..ed0e193 100644
--- a/pkgmngt/packInstall.sh.porg
+++ b/pkgmngt/packInstall.sh.porg
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ case $1 in
   junit*|inih*) # can contain -rd.d or just -d.d
     VERSION=$(echo $1 | sed 's/^.*[r-]//')
     ;;
+  boost*) # $1 is of the form boost_1_dd_0. Since sed is greedy, the default
+          # case takes only "0" for VERSION
+    VERSION=$(echo $1 | sed 's/boost_//' | sed 's/_/./g')
+    ;;
   *)
     VERSION=$(echo $1 | sed 's/^.*[-_]\([0-9]\)/\1/' | sed 's/_/./g')
     ;;