diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d176a521..c194f988a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 project(CPP-NETLIB)
-set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+
+option (BOOST_DYN_LINK
+  "Build the project using dynamic linking for the boost testing libs"
+  OFF)
+if (BOOST_DYN_LINK)
+  message ("Linking boost testing libs dynamically...")
+  add_definitions(-DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK)
+elseif (BOOST_DYN_LINK)
+  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+endif(BOOST_DYN_LINK)
+
 set(Boost_USE_MULTI_THREADED ON)
 find_package( Boost 1.45.0 REQUIRED unit_test_framework system regex date_time thread filesystem program_options chrono )
 find_package( OpenSSL )
diff --git a/libs/mime/test/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/mime/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 006a3f0b1..7860b99e9 100644
--- a/libs/mime/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/mime/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 include_directories(${CPP-NETLIB_SOURCE_DIR})
 find_package ( Boost 1.41.0 COMPONENTS unit_test_framework )
-set ( Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON )
+
+option (BOOST_DYN_LINK
+  "Build the project using dynamic linking for the boost test libs"
+  OFF)
+if (BOOST_DYN_LINK)
+  message ("Do not try to link boost test libs dynamically for this test...")
+  remove_definitions(-DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK)
+elseif (BOOST_DYN_LINK)
+  set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+endif(BOOST_DYN_LINK)
+
 set ( Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON )
 
 if ( Boost_FOUND )
diff --git a/libs/network/test/http/server_async_run_stop_concurrency.cpp b/libs/network/test/http/server_async_run_stop_concurrency.cpp
index 3fbf2b6db..c8c2371cc 100644
--- a/libs/network/test/http/server_async_run_stop_concurrency.cpp
+++ b/libs/network/test/http/server_async_run_stop_concurrency.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE HTTP Asynchronous Server Tests
+#ifdef BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
+#define BOOST_TEST_NO_MAIN
+#endif /* BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK */
 
 #include <boost/network/include/http/server.hpp>
 #include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
@@ -135,3 +138,6 @@ int main(int argc, char * argv[]) {
 
   return 0;
 }
+#ifdef BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
+#undef BOOST_TEST_NO_MAIN
+#endif /* BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK */