diff --git a/package/boost/Config.in b/package/boost/Config.in
index 574f51ae7e..7085c0595c 100644
--- a/package/boost/Config.in
+++ b/package/boost/Config.in
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_LOCALE
 comment "boost-locale needs a toolchain w/ wchar"
 	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_LOG
+        bool "boost-log"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MATH
 	bool "boost-math"
 
diff --git a/package/boost/boost.mk b/package/boost/boost.mk
index 70160da4de..56a6c347ca 100644
--- a/package/boost/boost.mk
+++ b/package/boost/boost.mk
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ HOST_BOOST_FLAGS = --without-icu \
 	serialization signals system test thread timer wave)
 
 # coroutine breaks on some weak toolchains and it's new for 1.54+
-# log breaks with some toolchain combinations and it's new for 1.54+
-BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS = coroutine log
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS = coroutine
 
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ATOMIC),,atomic)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO),,chrono)
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_GRAPH),,graph)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_GRAPH_PARALLEL),,graph_parallel)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_IOSTREAMS),,iostreams)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_LOCALE),,locale)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_LOG),,log)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MATH),,math)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_MPI),,mpi)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_PROGRAM_OPTIONS),,program_options)