diff --git a/contrib/installCXXDependencies.sh b/contrib/installCXXDependencies.sh
index 62d05c4..f34e26b 100644
--- a/contrib/installCXXDependencies.sh
+++ b/contrib/installCXXDependencies.sh
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
 # General dependencies
 sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty main restricted" -y
 sudo apt-get update -qq
-sudo apt-get install -qq libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libevent-dev automake libtool flex bison pkg-config g++ libssl-dev make libqt4-dev git debhelper bc 
+sudo apt-get install -qq libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-thread-dev libevent-dev automake libtool flex bison pkg-config g++ libssl-dev make libqt4-dev git debhelper bc
 dpkg -S /usr/include/boost/version.hpp