diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
index ac570f17e47..505aa97934c 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_unix.cmake
@@ -320,6 +320,9 @@ if(WITH_BOOST)
     if(WITH_OPENVDB)
       list(APPEND __boost_packages iostreams)
     endif()
+    if(WITH_USD)
+      list(APPEND __boost_packages python)
+    endif()
     list(APPEND __boost_packages system)
     find_package(Boost 1.48 COMPONENTS ${__boost_packages})
     if(NOT Boost_FOUND)
diff --git a/source/blender/usd/CMakeLists.txt b/source/blender/usd/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ea02f44d76..0ec18e17689 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/usd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/blender/io/usd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ set(INC
 set(INC_SYS
   ${USD_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR}
+  ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${TBB_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )