diff --git a/package/boost/Config.in b/package/boost/Config.in
index 19dcc60..e36e7d3 100644
--- a/package/boost/Config.in
+++ b/package/boost/Config.in
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO
 	bool "boost-chrono"
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CONTEXT
+	bool "boost-context"
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME
 	bool "boost-date_time"
 
diff --git a/package/boost/boost.mk b/package/boost/boost.mk
index 5e1bb4e..84263d1 100644
--- a/package/boost/boost.mk
+++ b/package/boost/boost.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 #############################################################
 
-BOOST_VERSION = 1.52.0
+BOOST_VERSION = 1.53.0
 BOOST_FILE_VERSION = $(subst .,_,$(BOOST_VERSION))
 BOOST_SOURCE = boost_$(BOOST_FILE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 BOOST_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/boost/boost/$(BOOST_VERSION)
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ TARGET_CC_VERSION = $(shell $(TARGET_CC) -dumpversion)
 BOOST_DEPENDENCIES = bzip2 zlib
 
 BOOST_FLAGS =
-BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS = python context
+
+# atomic library compile only with upstream version, wait for next release
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS = python atomic
 
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO),,chrono)
+BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO),,context)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME),,date_time)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_EXCEPTION),,exception)
 BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS += $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_FILESYSTEM),,filesystem)