diff --git a/CMakeModules/boost_package.cmake b/CMakeModules/boost_package.cmake
index 361b9d58a8..cf63452286 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/boost_package.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/boost_package.cmake
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ if(NOT
     INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR};${source_dir}/include"
     INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR};${source_dir}/include"
     )
+else()
+  if(NOT TARGET Boost::boost)
+    add_library(Boost::boost IMPORTED INTERFACE GLOBAL)
+    set_target_properties(Boost::boost PROPERTIES
+      INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+      INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(TARGET Boost::boost)
diff --git a/src/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index f6e81063a5..53ce4cf2d1 100644
--- a/src/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,16 @@ endfunction()
 arrayfire_get_cuda_cxx_flags(cuda_cxx_flags)
 arrayfire_get_platform_definitions(platform_flags)
 
+
+get_property(boost_includes TARGET Boost::boost PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+get_property(boost_definitions TARGET Boost::boost PROPERTY INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
+
+string(REPLACE ";" ";-I" boost_includes "-I${boost_includes}")
+string(REPLACE ";" ";-D" boost_definitions "-D${boost_definitions}")
+
+set(cuda_cxx_flags "${cuda_cxx_flags};${boost_includes}")
+set(cuda_cxx_flags "${cuda_cxx_flags};${boost_definitions}")
+
 # This definition is required in addition to the definition below because in
 # an older verion of cmake definitions added using target_compile_definitions
 # were not added to the nvcc flags. This manually adds these definitions and
diff --git a/src/backend/cuda/kernel/scan_by_key/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backend/cuda/kernel/scan_by_key/CMakeLists.txt
index e110bd8152..55ba972de0 100644
--- a/src/backend/cuda/kernel/scan_by_key/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backend/cuda/kernel/scan_by_key/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ foreach(SBK_BINARY_OP ${SBK_BINARY_OPS})
           "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernel/scan_dim_by_key_impl.hpp"
           "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernel/scan_first_by_key_impl.hpp"
           OPTIONS
-          -I$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Boost::boost,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>, -I>
-          -D$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Boost::boost,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>, -D>
           -DSBK_BINARY_OP=${SBK_BINARY_OP} "${platform_flags} ${cuda_cxx_flags} -DAFDLL"
       )
 
diff --git a/src/backend/cuda/kernel/thrust_sort_by_key/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backend/cuda/kernel/thrust_sort_by_key/CMakeLists.txt
index 654141948f..3a6f660098 100644
--- a/src/backend/cuda/kernel/thrust_sort_by_key/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backend/cuda/kernel/thrust_sort_by_key/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernel/thrust_sort_by_key/thrust_sort_
 
 foreach(STR ${FILESTRINGS})
     if(${STR} MATCHES "// SBK_TYPES")
-        STRING(REPLACE "// SBK_TYPES:" "" TEMP ${STR})
-        STRING(REPLACE " " ";" SBK_TYPES ${TEMP})
+        string(REPLACE "// SBK_TYPES:" "" TEMP ${STR})
+        string(REPLACE " " ";" SBK_TYPES ${TEMP})
     elseif(${STR} MATCHES "// SBK_INSTS:")
-        STRING(REPLACE "// SBK_INSTS:" "" TEMP ${STR})
-        STRING(REPLACE " " ";" SBK_INSTS ${TEMP})
+        string(REPLACE "// SBK_INSTS:" "" TEMP ${STR})
+        string(REPLACE " " ";" SBK_INSTS ${TEMP})
     endif()
 endforeach()
 
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@ foreach(SBK_TYPE ${SBK_TYPES})
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kernel/thrust_sort_by_key/thrust_sort_by_key_impl_${SBK_TYPE}_${SBK_INST}.cu
           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kernel/thrust_sort_by_key_impl.hpp
           OPTIONS
-            -I$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Boost::boost,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>, -I>
-            -D$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:Boost::boost,INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS>, -D>
             -DSBK_TYPE=${SBK_TYPE}
             -DINSTANTIATESBK_INST=INSTANTIATE${SBK_INST}
             "${platform_flags} ${cuda_cxx_flags} -DAFDLL"