diff --git a/programming/misc/boost/pspec.xml b/programming/misc/boost/pspec.xml
index 5ea90e4253..eb0fef6ca3 100644
--- a/programming/misc/boost/pspec.xml
+++ b/programming/misc/boost/pspec.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency release="current">boost</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libgcc</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>openmpi</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="library">/usr/lib/python3.8</Path>