diff --git a/mingw-w64-vera++/0002-link-to-shared-boost.patch b/mingw-w64-vera++/0002-link-to-shared-boost.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b8ccb5113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-vera++/0002-link-to-shared-boost.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/boost.cmake
++++ b/src/boost.cmake
+@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
+ endif()
+ 
+ if(VERA_USE_SYSTEM_BOOST)
+-  if(WIN32)
++  if(MSVC)
+     # use boost static libs to avoid LNK2019 errors
+     # feel free to contribute a better fix!
+     set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
diff --git a/mingw-w64-vera++/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-vera++/PKGBUILD
index b63375ce07..254b72bd64 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-vera++/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-vera++/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ _realname=vera++
 pkgbase=mingw-w64-${_realname}
 pkgname="${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-${_realname}"
 pkgver=1.3.0
-pkgrel=8
-pkgdesc="A programmable tool for verification, analysis and transformation of C++ source code"
+pkgrel=9
+pkgdesc="A programmable tool for verification, analysis and transformation of C++ source code (mingw-w64)"
 arch=('any')
 mingw_arch=('mingw64' 'ucrt64' 'clang64' 'clangarm64')
 url="https://bitbucket.org/verateam/vera"
@@ -14,15 +14,19 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-tcl"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-boost"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-python")
 makedepends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cc"
-             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cmake")
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-cmake"
+             "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-ninja")
 source=(https://bitbucket.org/verateam/vera/downloads/${_realname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz
-        0001-fix_python_detection_issues.patch)
+        0001-fix_python_detection_issues.patch
+        0002-link-to-shared-boost.patch)
 sha256sums=('9415657a09438353489db10ca860dd6459e446cfd9c649a1a2e02268da66f270'
-            '6e801c0f612962b2de75a17de4651e4f769032b35975cb3bdec5defa00697a69')
+            '6e801c0f612962b2de75a17de4651e4f769032b35975cb3bdec5defa00697a69'
+            '51caadf3f0490240c2e9673acaddfd367992e7202aceebb817ec7b164a596c57')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/${_realname}-${pkgver}"
   patch -Np0 -i "${srcdir}/0001-fix_python_detection_issues.patch"
+  patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/0002-link-to-shared-boost.patch"
 }
 
 build() {
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ build() {
 
   MSYS2_ARG_CONV_EXCL="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=" \
   ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake.exe \
-    -G"MSYS Makefiles" \
+    -G"Ninja" \
     -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${MINGW_PREFIX} \
     -DVERA_LUA=Off \
     -DVERA_USE_SYSTEM_BOOST=ON \
@@ -43,4 +47,6 @@ build() {
 package() {
   cd build-${MSYSTEM}
   DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" ${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/cmake --install .
+  install -Dm644 "${srcdir}"/${_realname}-${pkgver}/LICENSE_1_0.txt \
+    "${pkgdir}"${MINGW_PREFIX}/share/licenses/${_realname}/LICENSE
 }