diff --git a/pub/configure b/pub/configure
index fcfb9df588412e20d22b9b1282337e9d18eec9de..3a2033585a2d93c8ee4a6fab858681a25b0dcb45 100755
--- a/pub/configure
+++ b/pub/configure
@@ -16025,6 +16025,147 @@ $as_echo "$as_me: error: libyaml not found por out of sync" >&2;}
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 fi
 
+if test "${ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp+set}" = set; then
+  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for boost/shared_ptr.hpp" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for boost/shared_ptr.hpp... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp+set}" = set; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp" >&6; }
+else
+  # Is the header compilable?
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking boost/shared_ptr.hpp usability" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking boost/shared_ptr.hpp usability... " >&6; }
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+$ac_includes_default
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+_ACEOF
+rm -f conftest.$ac_objext
+if { (ac_try="$ac_compile"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_compile") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       } && test -s conftest.$ac_objext; then
+  ac_header_compiler=yes
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+	ac_header_compiler=no
+fi
+
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_header_compiler" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_header_compiler" >&6; }
+
+# Is the header present?
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking boost/shared_ptr.hpp presence" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking boost/shared_ptr.hpp presence... " >&6; }
+cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* confdefs.h.  */
+_ACEOF
+cat confdefs.h >>conftest.$ac_ext
+cat >>conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+#include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+_ACEOF
+if { (ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext"
+case "(($ac_try" in
+  *\"* | *\`* | *\\*) ac_try_echo=\$ac_try;;
+  *) ac_try_echo=$ac_try;;
+esac
+eval ac_try_echo="\"\$as_me:$LINENO: $ac_try_echo\""
+$as_echo "$ac_try_echo") >&5
+  (eval "$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext") 2>conftest.er1
+  ac_status=$?
+  grep -v '^ *+' conftest.er1 >conftest.err
+  rm -f conftest.er1
+  cat conftest.err >&5
+  $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
+  (exit $ac_status); } >/dev/null && {
+	 test -z "$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag$ac_c_werror_flag" ||
+	 test ! -s conftest.err
+       }; then
+  ac_header_preproc=yes
+else
+  $as_echo "$as_me: failed program was:" >&5
+sed 's/^/| /' conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+
+  ac_header_preproc=no
+fi
+
+rm -f conftest.err conftest.$ac_ext
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_header_preproc" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_header_preproc" >&6; }
+
+# So?  What about this header?
+case $ac_header_compiler:$ac_header_preproc:$ac_c_preproc_warn_flag in
+  yes:no: )
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: accepted by the compiler, rejected by the preprocessor!" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: accepted by the compiler, rejected by the preprocessor!" >&2;}
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: proceeding with the compiler's result" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: proceeding with the compiler's result" >&2;}
+    ac_header_preproc=yes
+    ;;
+  no:yes:* )
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: present but cannot be compiled" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: present but cannot be compiled" >&2;}
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp:     check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp:     check for missing prerequisite headers?" >&2;}
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: see the Autoconf documentation" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: see the Autoconf documentation" >&2;}
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp:     section \"Present But Cannot Be Compiled\"" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp:     section \"Present But Cannot Be Compiled\"" >&2;}
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: proceeding with the preprocessor's result" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: proceeding with the preprocessor's result" >&2;}
+    { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: in the future, the compiler will take precedence" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: boost/shared_ptr.hpp: in the future, the compiler will take precedence" >&2;}
+    ( cat <<\_ASBOX
+## ------------------------------------- ##
+## Report this to j.wuttke@fz-juelich.de ##
+## ------------------------------------- ##
+_ASBOX
+     ) | sed "s/^/$as_me: WARNING:     /" >&2
+    ;;
+esac
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for boost/shared_ptr.hpp" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for boost/shared_ptr.hpp... " >&6; }
+if test "${ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp+set}" = set; then
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp=$ac_header_preproc
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp" >&6; }
+
+fi
+if test "x$ac_cv_header_boost_shared_ptr_hpp" = x""yes; then
+  :
+else
+  { { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: boost/shared_ptr.hpp not found" >&5
+$as_echo "$as_me: error: boost/shared_ptr.hpp not found" >&2;}
+   { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
+fi
+
+
 
 
 { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for lm_minimize in -llmmin" >&5
diff --git a/pub/configure.ac b/pub/configure.ac
index b275e6f15055d167be767b16015fbdf1ecaefad4..f468605a84b75880f3ebe868b6390a2168cbbb01 100644
--- a/pub/configure.ac
+++ b/pub/configure.ac
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB([history], [using_history], ,
 			[AC_MSG_ERROR(libhistory not found or corrupted)])
 AC_CHECK_LIB([yaml], [yaml_parser_set_input_file], ,
 		       [AC_MSG_ERROR(libyaml not found por out of sync)])
+AC_CHECK_HEADER(boost/shared_ptr.hpp, ,
+	[AC_MSG_ERROR(boost/shared_ptr.hpp not found)])
 
 AC_CHECK_LIB([lmmin], [lm_minimize], ,
 		       [AC_MSG_ERROR(liblmmin not found por out of sync)])