diff --git a/ports/boost-python/CONTROL b/ports/boost-python/CONTROL
index 645cf8b13..f59353af7 100644
--- a/ports/boost-python/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/boost-python/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Automatically generated by boost-vcpkg-helpers/generate-ports.ps1
 Source: boost-python
-Version: 1.66.0
+Version: 1.66.0-1
 Build-Depends: boost-bind, boost-config, boost-core, boost-detail, boost-graph, boost-integer, boost-iterator, boost-mpl, boost-preprocessor, boost-property-map, boost-smart-ptr, boost-static-assert, boost-tuple, boost-utility, boost-vcpkg-helpers, python3
 Description: Boost python module
diff --git a/ports/boost-python/portfile.cmake b/ports/boost-python/portfile.cmake
index beb16ad8f..395227990 100644
--- a/ports/boost-python/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/boost-python/portfile.cmake
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ file(GLOB PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/include/python[0-9.]*")
 set(PYTHONLIBS_RELEASE "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/lib")
 set(PYTHONLIBS_DEBUG "${CURRENT_INSTALLED_DIR}/debug/lib")
 string(REGEX REPLACE ".*python([0-9\.]+)$" "\\1" PYTHON_VERSION "${PYTHON_INCLUDE_PATH}")
+boost_modular_build(SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH})
 boost_modular_headers(SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH})
diff --git a/ports/boost-vcpkg-helpers/generate-ports.ps1 b/ports/boost-vcpkg-helpers/generate-ports.ps1
index cc2929ef4..11f670c7a 100644
--- a/ports/boost-vcpkg-helpers/generate-ports.ps1
+++ b/ports/boost-vcpkg-helpers/generate-ports.ps1
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ foreach ($library in $libraries)
         if ($library -eq "python")
         {
             $deps += @("python3")
+            $needsBuild = $true
         }
         elseif ($library -eq "iostreams")
         {