diff --git a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
index 4689a1e95ac3..e367d2a1c65b 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/r-modules/default.nix
@@ -770,6 +770,7 @@ let
     RmecabKo = [ pkgs.mecab ];
     markets = [ pkgs.gsl ];
     rlas = [ pkgs.boost ];
+    bgx = [ pkgs.boost ];
     PoissonBinomial = [ pkgs.fftw.dev ];
     poisbinom = [ pkgs.fftw.dev ];
     PoissonMultinomial = [ pkgs.fftw.dev ];