diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ee3b641..eec3118 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,16 +19,24 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin
     CACHE PATH "Output directory for executables and DLL's.")
 
 # find required python packages
-find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
+if(PYVERSION)
+  find_package(PythonInterp ${PYVERSION} EXACT)
+else()
+  find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)
+endif()  
 find_package(PythonLibsNew REQUIRED)
 find_package(NumPy REQUIRED)
 
 # find boost
 # 
-# set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
 # set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON) 
 # set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME ON)
-FIND_PACKAGE(Boost COMPONENTS python REQUIRED)
+if(BOOST_COMPONENTS)
+  FIND_PACKAGE(Boost COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS} REQUIRED)
+else()
+  FIND_PACKAGE(Boost COMPONENTS python-py27 REQUIRED)
+endif()
 
 message( STATUS "found boost:"
   "\nINCLUDE: ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
@@ -43,7 +51,7 @@ message( STATUS "found boost:"
 if (WIN32)
   set(LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC CACHE STRING "type of library to make for boost_numpy")
 else()
-  set(LIBRARY_TYPE SHARED CACHE STRING "type of library to make for boost_numpy")
+  set(LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC CACHE STRING "type of library to make for boost_numpy")
 endif()
 
 # variable controlling building of documentation
@@ -112,8 +120,8 @@ install(DIRECTORY boost
 
 # add submodules
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libs/numpy/src)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libs/numpy/example)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libs/numpy/test)
+#ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libs/numpy/example)
+#ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libs/numpy/test)
 
 if (BUILD_DOCS)
   ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libs/numpy/doc)
diff --git a/libs/numpy/cmake/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake b/libs/numpy/cmake/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake
index b2a5d60..a163046 100644
--- a/libs/numpy/cmake/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake
+++ b/libs/numpy/cmake/FindPythonLibsNew.cmake
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ execute_process(COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "-c"
     "from distutils import sysconfig as s;import sys;import struct;
 print('.'.join(str(v) for v in sys.version_info));
 print(s.PREFIX);
+print(s.get_python_inc());
 print(s.get_python_inc(plat_specific=True));
 print(s.get_python_lib(plat_specific=True));
 print(s.get_config_var('SO'));
@@ -96,10 +97,11 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" _PYTHON_VALUES ${_PYTHON_VALUES})
 list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 0 _PYTHON_VERSION_LIST)
 list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 1 PYTHON_PREFIX)
 list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 2 PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR)
-list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 3 PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)
-list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 4 PYTHON_MODULE_EXTENSION)
-list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 5 PYTHON_IS_DEBUG)
-list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 6 PYTHON_SIZEOF_VOID_P)
+list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 3 PYTHON_PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 4 PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES)
+list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 5 PYTHON_MODULE_EXTENSION)
+list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 6 PYTHON_IS_DEBUG)
+list(GET _PYTHON_VALUES 7 PYTHON_SIZEOF_VOID_P)
 
 # Make sure the Python has the same pointer-size as the chosen compiler
 if(NOT ${PYTHON_SIZEOF_VOID_P} MATCHES ${CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P})
@@ -163,7 +165,7 @@ MARK_AS_ADVANCED(
 # cache entries because they are meant to specify the location of a single
 # library. We now set the variables listed by the documentation for this
 # module.
-SET(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS "${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+SET(PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS "${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR};${PYTHON_PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 SET(PYTHON_LIBRARIES "${PYTHON_LIBRARY}")
 SET(PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARIES "${PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY}")
 
diff --git a/libs/numpy/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/numpy/src/CMakeLists.txt
index af11cb3..1e36040 100644
--- a/libs/numpy/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/numpy/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ add_library(boost_numpy ${LIBRARY_TYPE}
   numpy.cpp
 )
 
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(boost_numpy ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+
 install(TARGETS boost_numpy 
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib 
   LIBRARY DESTINATION lib 
diff --git a/libs/numpy/src/numpy.cpp b/libs/numpy/src/numpy.cpp
index 883d971..365f83f 100644
--- a/libs/numpy/src/numpy.cpp
+++ b/libs/numpy/src/numpy.cpp
@@ -12,9 +12,19 @@ namespace boost
 namespace numpy 
 {
 
-void initialize(bool register_scalar_converters) 
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+int
+#else
+void
+#endif
+do_import_array()
 {
   import_array();
+}
+
+void initialize(bool register_scalar_converters) 
+{
+  do_import_array();
   import_ufunc();
   if (register_scalar_converters)
 	dtype::register_scalar_converters();