diff -Nru boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/changelog boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/changelog
--- boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/changelog	2013-08-08 11:01:12.000000000 +0200
+++ boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/changelog	2013-08-27 00:47:17.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+boost1.53 (1.53.0-6+exp2ubuntu3) saucy; urgency=low
+
+  * Create symlinks in the multiarch-locations, this fixes linking with 
+    -lboost-python and CMAKE detction of boost-python. (LP: #1217237)
+
+ -- Andreas Moog <amoog@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:24:04 +0200
+
 boost1.53 (1.53.0-6+exp2ubuntu2) saucy; urgency=low
 
   * libbost1.53-dev: change Depends from obsolete libstdc++6-4.4 to
diff -Nru boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rtupdate boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rtupdate
--- boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rtupdate	2009-12-15 07:01:05.000000000 +0100
+++ boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rtupdate	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/sh
-#
-# Update link-library symlinks after a Python default runtime change
-
-set -e
-
-die() {
-    echo "$@" >&2
-    exit 1
-}
-
-update_linklibs() {
-    py=$1
-    suf=$2
-
-    cd /usr/lib
-    for base in libboost_python libboost_mpi_python; do
-	target=${base}-${py}.${suf}
-	link=${base}.${suf} 
-  	test -e $target && ln -s -f $target $link || rm -f $link
-    done
-}
-
-remove_linklibs() {
-    suf=$1
-
-    cd /usr/lib
-    for thread in "" -mt; do
-	rm -f libboost_python${thread}.${suf}
-	rm -f libboost_mpi_python${thread}.${suf}
-    done
-}
-
-rtupdate() {
-    case "$1" in
-	python*)  py=py`echo ${1#python} | tr -d .` ;;
-	*)          remove ; return ;;
-    esac
-
-    update_linklibs $py a
-    update_linklibs $py so
-}
-
-remove() {
-    remove_linklibs a
-    remove_linklibs so
-}
-
-
-action="$1"
-shift
-
-case "$action" in
-    pre-rtupdate)  ;;
-    post-rtupdate) ;;
-    rtupdate)      rtupdate $2 ;;
-    remove)        remove ;;
-    *)             die "$0 called with unknown argument '$action'" ;;
-esac
-
diff -Nru boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rtupdate.in boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rtupdate.in
--- boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rtupdate.in	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rtupdate.in	2013-08-27 00:40:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+#
+# Update link-library symlinks after a Python default runtime change
+
+set -e
+
+die() {
+    echo "$@" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+update_linklibs() {
+    py=$1
+    suf=$2
+
+    cd /usr/lib/@DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH@
+    for base in libboost_python libboost_mpi_python; do
+	target=${base}-${py}.${suf}
+	link=${base}.${suf} 
+  	test -e $target && ln -s -f $target $link || rm -f $link
+    done
+}
+
+remove_linklibs() {
+    suf=$1
+
+    cd /usr/lib/@DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH@
+    for thread in "" -mt; do
+	rm -f libboost_python${thread}.${suf}
+	rm -f libboost_mpi_python${thread}.${suf}
+    done
+}
+
+rtupdate() {
+    case "$1" in
+	python*)  py=py`echo ${1#python} | tr -d .` ;;
+	*)          remove ; return ;;
+    esac
+
+    update_linklibs $py a
+    update_linklibs $py so
+}
+
+remove() {
+    remove_linklibs a
+    remove_linklibs so
+}
+
+
+action="$1"
+shift
+
+case "$action" in
+    pre-rtupdate)  ;;
+    post-rtupdate) ;;
+    rtupdate)      rtupdate $2 ;;
+    remove)        remove ;;
+    *)             die "$0 called with unknown argument '$action'" ;;
+esac
+
diff -Nru boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rules boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rules
--- boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rules	2013-08-06 11:17:50.000000000 +0200
+++ boost1.53-1.53.0/debian/rules	2013-08-27 10:33:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
 filtered_files = \
 	debian/libboost-doc.doc-base \
 	debian/libboost-python-dev.postinst \
-	debian/libboost-python-dev.prerm
+	debian/libboost-python-dev.prerm \
+	debian/rtupdate
 
 DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
 include /usr/share/dpkg/buildflags.mk
 include /usr/share/dpkg/architecture.mk
 
+DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH = $(shell dpkg-architecture -qDEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python2 --with python3
 
@@ -325,7 +328,7 @@
 	done
 
 $(filtered_files): % : %.in
-	sed -e 's/@PKGVERSION@/$(PKGVERSION)/g' < $< > $@
+	sed -e 's/@PKGVERSION@/$(PKGVERSION)/g;s/@DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH@/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/g' < $< > $@
 
 clean-debhelper:
 	rm -rf debian/*.install