diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d513f3b84f5abf90fd740dad6d8fc8c3ec4aff01..d875465629b6abc5a5bb9ef622ca0ed884b154ee 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ branches:
   only:
     - master
 before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install qt4-dev-tools libvtk5-dev libvtk5-qt4-dev libnetcdf-dev libshp-dev libgeotiff-dev
-script: "mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DOGS_BUILD_GUI=ON -DOGS_DONT_USE_OPTIONAL_SUBMODULES=ON .. && cmake .. && make && make test"
+  - sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install qt4-dev-tools libvtk5-dev libvtk5-qt4-dev libnetcdf-dev libshp-dev libgeotiff-dev libboost-dev libboost-date-time-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev
+script: "mkdir build && cd build && cmake -DOGS_BUILD_GUI=ON .. && cmake .. && make && make test"
 notifications:
   email:
     - lars.bilke@ufz.de
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/ExternalProjectBoost.cmake b/scripts/cmake/ExternalProjectBoost.cmake
index ef60e82f6d852e186bfcec822d378776c2cf1eb4..40e1b3b8f299eb61637e66ff77a4fc36965dcfad 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/ExternalProjectBoost.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/ExternalProjectBoost.cmake
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ IF(NOT Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 	IF(IS_DIRECTORY /opt/boxen)
 		SET(BOOST_ROOT /opt/boxen/homebrew)
 	ENDIF()
-	FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.48.0 COMPONENTS ${BOOST_LIBS_TO_BUILD})
+	FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.46.0 COMPONENTS ${BOOST_LIBS_TO_BUILD})
 	IF(Boost_FOUND)
 		INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 		RETURN()