The following patch prevents the use of the -m32 flag on mips, where it is not understood by gcc, as well as other non-x86 architectures. diff -u -r boost_1_58_0.orig/tools/build/src/tools/gcc.jam boost_1_58_0/tools/build/src/tools/gcc.jam --- boost_1_58_0.orig/tools/build/src/tools/gcc.jam 2015-04-04 19:25:07.000000000 +0200 +++ boost_1_58_0/tools/build/src/tools/gcc.jam 2015-07-10 01:08:19.822733823 +0200 @@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ else { local arch = [ feature.get-values architecture : $(properties) ] ; - if $(arch) != arm + if $(arch) = x86 { if $(model) = 32 {