diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e00e94579fd082c29827bbf53c7353e28137fe08..7a1d7e1116ad3d23f870f3f20b49ee44ef169776 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
 
-set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH "${BOOST_INCLUDEDIR};${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/external_dependencies/boost/boost;${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH}")
-set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH "${BOOST_LIBRARYDIR};${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/external_dependencies/boost/stage/lib;${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}")
+set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH ${BOOST_INCLUDEDIR} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/external_dependencies/boost/boost" ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH})
+set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH ${BOOST_LIBRARYDIR} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/external_dependencies/boost/stage/lib" ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH})
 
 message("CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH: ${CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH}")
 message("CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH: ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}")