diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
index 562a341b0..81bcdcb25 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
@@ -815,6 +815,10 @@ BOOST_LIBS = [
     'boost_math_c99l',
     'boost_mpi',
     'boost_program_options',
+    'boost_python',
+    'boost_python3',
+    'boost_numpy',
+    'boost_numpy3',
     'boost_random',
     'boost_regex',
     'boost_serialization',
diff --git a/tools/boost_names.py b/tools/boost_names.py
index f9f1f1170..d381162bd 100755
--- a/tools/boost_names.py
+++ b/tools/boost_names.py
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ def get_modules(init=extra):
 
 def get_modules_2():
     modules = []
+    # The python module uses an older build system format and is not easily parseable.
+    # We add the python module libraries manually.
+    modules.append(Module('python', 'Python', ['boost_python', 'boost_python3', 'boost_numpy', 'boost_numpy3']))
     for (root, dirs, files) in os.walk(LIBS):
         for f in files:
             if f == "libraries.json":