diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost/Boost-1.72.0-GCCcore-9.3.0-no_mpi.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Serial/Boost.Serial-1.72.0-GCC-9.3.0.eb
similarity index 60%
rename from easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost/Boost-1.72.0-GCCcore-9.3.0-no_mpi.eb
rename to easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Serial/Boost.Serial-1.72.0-GCC-9.3.0.eb
index 27000fc7716..21d31e4397b 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost/Boost-1.72.0-GCCcore-9.3.0-no_mpi.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Serial/Boost.Serial-1.72.0-GCC-9.3.0.eb
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-name = 'Boost'
+easyblock = 'EB_Boost'
+
+name = 'Boost.Serial'
 version = '1.72.0'
-versionsuffix = '-no_mpi'
 
 homepage = 'https://www.boost.org/'
 description = """Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries."""
 
-toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '9.3.0'}
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCC', 'version': '9.3.0'}
 toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
 
 source_urls = ['https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/%(version)s/source/']
-sources = ['%%(namelower)s_%s.tar.gz' % '_'.join(version.split('.'))]
-checksums = ['c66e88d5786f2ca4dbebb14e06b566fb642a1a6947ad8cc9091f9f445134143f']
+sources = ['boost_%s.tar.gz' % '_'.join(version.split('.'))]
+checksums = [
+    'c66e88d5786f2ca4dbebb14e06b566fb642a1a6947ad8cc9091f9f445134143f',  # boost_1_72_0.tar.gz
+]
 
 builddependencies = [
     ('binutils', '2.34'),
@@ -26,5 +29,7 @@ configopts = '--without-libraries=python'
 
 # Don't build boost_mpi
 boost_mpi = False
+# also build boost multi-thread
+boost_multi_thread = True
 
 moduleclass = 'devel'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Serial/Boost.Serial-1.72.0-iccifort-2020.1.217.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Serial/Boost.Serial-1.72.0-iccifort-2020.1.217.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb37cb34d1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Boost.Serial/Boost.Serial-1.72.0-iccifort-2020.1.217.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+easyblock = 'EB_Boost'
+
+name = 'Boost.Serial'
+version = '1.72.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://www.boost.org/'
+description = """Boost provides free peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'iccifort', 'version': '2020.1.217'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/%(version)s/source/']
+sources = ['boost_%s.tar.gz' % '_'.join(version.split('.'))]
+checksums = [
+    'c66e88d5786f2ca4dbebb14e06b566fb642a1a6947ad8cc9091f9f445134143f',  # boost_1_72_0.tar.gz
+]
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.34'),
+]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('bzip2', '1.0.8'),
+    ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
+    ('XZ', '5.2.5'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--without-libraries=python'
+
+# Don't build boost_mpi
+boost_mpi = False
+# also build boost multi-thread
+boost_multi_thread = True
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'