diff --git a/ci/actions/windows/build.ps1 b/ci/actions/windows/build.ps1
index 5868c9b4..4e963a4b 100644
--- a/ci/actions/windows/build.ps1
+++ b/ci/actions/windows/build.ps1
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ if (${env:artifact} -eq 1) {
         $env:NETWORK_CFG = "live"
         $env:BUILD_TYPE = "Release"
     }
+    $env:NANO_SHARED_BOOST = "OFF"
     $env:ROCKS_LIB = '-DROCKSDB_LIBRARIES="c:\vcpkg\installed\x64-windows-static\lib\rocksdb.lib"'
     $env:NANO_TEST = "-DNANO_TEST=OFF"
     $env:TRAVIS_TAG = ${env:TAG}
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ else {
         $env:BUILD_TYPE = "Debug"
         $env:ROCKS_LIB = '-DROCKSDB_LIBRARIES="c:\vcpkg\installed\x64-windows-static\debug\lib\rocksdbd.lib"'
     }
+    $env:NANO_SHARED_BOOST = "OFF"
     $env:NETWORK_CFG = "test"
     $env:NANO_TEST = "-DNANO_TEST=ON"
     $env:CI = '-DCI_TEST="1"'
diff --git a/ci/actions/windows/configure.bat b/ci/actions/windows/configure.bat
index db31eedd..b37de8b2 100644
--- a/ci/actions/windows/configure.bat
+++ b/ci/actions/windows/configure.bat
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ cmake .. ^
   -DNANO_SIMD_OPTIMIZATIONS=TRUE ^
   -Dgtest_force_shared_crt=on ^
   -DBoost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS=TRUE ^
-  -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=TRUE 
+  -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=TRUE ^
+  -DNANO_SHARED_BOOST=%NANO_SHARED_BOOST%
 
 set exit_code=%errorlevel%
 if %exit_code% neq 0 goto exit
diff --git a/ci/build-travis.sh b/ci/build-travis.sh
index f56c3076..1478d18d 100755
--- a/ci/build-travis.sh
+++ b/ci/build-travis.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ cmake \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
     -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
     -DBOOST_ROOT=/tmp/boost/ \
+    -DNANO_SHARED_BOOST=ON \
     -DQt5_DIR=${qt_dir} \
     -DCI_TEST="1" \
     ${BACKTRACE} \
diff --git a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang
index 41f5e70c..adf04df7 100644
--- a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang
+++ b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ RUN ./fetch_boost.sh
 # BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE_INCLUDE_FILE 
 # see https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/doc/html/stacktrace/configuration_and_build.html#stacktrace.configuration_and_build.f3
 
-RUN ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include/backtrace.h /tmp/backtrace.h
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include/backtrace.h /tmp/backtrace.h
diff --git a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang-6 b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang-6
index 7c6b0355..8178aa7c 100644
--- a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang-6
+++ b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-clang-6
@@ -20,3 +20,9 @@ ENV BOOST_ROOT=/tmp/boost
 ADD util/build_prep/fetch_boost.sh fetch_boost.sh
 
 RUN COMPILER=clang-6 ./fetch_boost.sh
+
+# workaround to get a path that can be easily passed into cmake for
+# BOOST_STACKTRACE_BACKTRACE_INCLUDE_FILE 
+# see https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/doc/html/stacktrace/configuration_and_build.html#stacktrace.configuration_and_build.f3
+
+RUN ln -s /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/include/backtrace.h /tmp/backtrace.h
diff --git a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-gcc b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-gcc
index 8b588f22..5ffc63ed 100644
--- a/docker/ci/Dockerfile-gcc
+++ b/docker/ci/Dockerfile-gcc
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ RUN ./fetch_rocksdb.sh
 
 ENV BOOST_ROOT=/tmp/boost
 
-ADD util/build_prep/fetch_boost.sh fetch_boost.sh
+ADD util/build_prep/bootstrap_boost.sh bootstrap_boost.sh
 
 RUN COMPILER=gcc ./fetch_boost.sh