diff --git a/cmake/FetchBoostContent.cmake b/cmake/FetchBoostContent.cmake
index a6c5c2ec6..07446f917 100644
--- a/cmake/FetchBoostContent.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FetchBoostContent.cmake
@@ -830,7 +830,8 @@ function(FetchBoostContent_MakeAvailable contentName)
           get_target_property(boost_headers_imported boost_headers IMPORTED)
           if(NOT boost_headers_imported)
             target_include_directories(
-              boost_headers INTERFACE "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${src_dir}/include/>")
+              boost_headers SYSTEM
+              INTERFACE "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${src_dir}/include/>")
             set_property(
               TARGET boost_headers
               APPEND