diff --git a/debian/patches/deb_use_system_libraries b/debian/patches/deb_use_system_libraries
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5820e1f77abfddae7faa7535c6012a09ac7cab20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/deb_use_system_libraries
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- a/site.cfg
++++ b/site.cfg
+@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+ # uncomment this to compile libraries that depend on boost
+-# [boost]
+-# use_boost=True
++[boost]
++use_boost=True
+ 
+-# [libsvm]
+-# libraries=svm
+-# library_dirs=/usr/lib
+-# include_dirs=/usr/include/libsvm-2.0/libsvm
+\ No newline at end of file
++[libsvm]
++libraries=svm
++library_dirs=/usr/lib
++include_dirs=/usr/include/libsvm-2.0/libsvm
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..85c1c0e58fccd9976ece06c88c03860d5199450c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+deb_use_system_libraries