diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindOrFetchBoost.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindOrFetchBoost.cmake
index 1e133eee0..34550ecac 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindOrFetchBoost.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindOrFetchBoost.cmake
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ if (TTG_PARSEC_USE_BOOST_SERIALIZATION)
     list(APPEND optional_components
             serialization
             iostreams
+            graph
     )
 endif()
 
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 10b808540..bbcc0e9e0 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ add_ttg_executable(t9-streaming t9/t9_streaming.cc)
 # sparse matmul need Eigen ... it's always provided by TA
 if (TARGET tiledarray)
     # MADworld used for MADNESS serialization
-    add_ttg_executable(spmm spmm/spmm.cc LINK_LIBRARIES TiledArray_Eigen)
+    add_ttg_executable(spmm spmm/spmm.cc LINK_LIBRARIES TiledArray_Eigen $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:Boost::graph>
+                                         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS $<$<TARGET_EXISTS:Boost::graph>:HAVE_BOOST_GRAPH=1>)
     # block-sparse needs BTAS ... it's always provided by TA
     # since only need to use matrices, limit BTAS_TARGET_MAX_INDEX_RANK to 2
-    add_ttg_executable(bspmm spmm/spmm.cc LINK_LIBRARIES tiledarray TiledArray_Eigen BTAS COMPILE_DEFINITIONS BLOCK_SPARSE_GEMM=1;BTAS_TARGET_MAX_INDEX_RANK=2)
+    add_ttg_executable(bspmm spmm/spmm.cc LINK_LIBRARIES tiledarray TiledArray_Eigen BTAS
+                                          COMPILE_DEFINITIONS BLOCK_SPARSE_GEMM=1;BTAS_TARGET_MAX_INDEX_RANK=2)
 
     add_ttg_executable(testing_dpotrf potrf/testing_dpotrf.cc LINK_LIBRARIES tiledarray lapackpp)
     add_ttg_executable(testing_dtrtri potrf/testing_dtrtri.cc LINK_LIBRARIES tiledarray lapackpp)
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ if (TARGET tiledarray)
       if (TARGET roc::hipsolver)
         add_ttg_executable(testing_dpotrf_hip potrf/testing_dpotrf.cc
                            LINK_LIBRARIES lapackpp tiledarray roc::hipblas roc::hipsolver
-                           COMPILE_DEFINITIONS TTG_ENABLE_HIP=1;DEBUG_TILES_VALUES=1
+                           COMPILE_DEFINITIONS TTG_ENABLE_HIP=1 #;DEBUG_TILES_VALUES=1
                            RUNTIMES "parsec")
       endif(TARGET roc::hipsolver)
     elseif (TARGET MKL::MKL_DPCPP)
diff --git a/examples/spmm/spmm.cc b/examples/spmm/spmm.cc
index 0c85eb3d4..e61bbffa3 100644
--- a/examples/spmm/spmm.cc
+++ b/examples/spmm/spmm.cc
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <sys/time.h>
-#include <boost/graph/rmat_graph_generator.hpp>
 #if !defined(BLOCK_SPARSE_GEMM)
+#include <boost/graph/rmat_graph_generator.hpp>
 #include <boost/graph/directed_graph.hpp>
 #include <boost/random/linear_congruential.hpp>
 #include <unsupported/Eigen/SparseExtra>
@@ -1104,6 +1104,7 @@ static void initSpMatrixMarket(const std::function<int(const Key<2> &)> &keymap,
   K = (int)A.cols();
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_BOOST_GRAPH
 static void initSpRmat(const std::function<int(const Key<2> &)> &keymap, const char *opt, SpMatrix<> &A, SpMatrix<> &B,
                        SpMatrix<> &C, int &M, int &N, int &K, unsigned long seed) {
   int E;
@@ -1160,6 +1161,7 @@ static void initSpRmat(const std::function<int(const Key<2> &)> &keymap, const c
     std::cout << "#R-MAT: " << E << " nonzero elements, density: " << (double)nnz / (double)N / (double)N << std::endl;
   }
 }
+#endif // HAVE_BOOST_GRAPH
 
 static void initSpHardCoded(const std::function<int(const Key<2> &)> &keymap, SpMatrix<> &A, SpMatrix<> &B,
                             SpMatrix<> &C, int &m, int &n, int &k) {
@@ -1802,10 +1804,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         char *filename = getCmdOption(argv, argv + argc, "-mm");
         tiling_type = filename;
         initSpMatrixMarket(ij_keymap, filename, A, B, C, M, N, K);
+#ifdef HAVE_BOOST_GRAPH
       } else if (cmdOptionExists(argv, argv + argc, "-rmat")) {
         char *opt = getCmdOption(argv, argv + argc, "-rmat");
         tiling_type = "RandomSparseMatrix";
         initSpRmat(ij_keymap, opt, A, B, C, M, N, K, seed);
+#endif // HAVE_BOOST_GRAPH
       } else {
         tiling_type = "HardCodedSparseMatrix";
         initSpHardCoded(ij_keymap, A, B, C, M, N, K);