diff --git a/source/creator/blender.map b/source/creator/blender.map
index dc7bc3151e8..928d0c2d904 100644
--- a/source/creator/blender.map
+++ b/source/creator/blender.map
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 
-/* on Linux we exclude LLVM symbols, they conflict with Mesa llvmpipe */
+/* on Linux we exclude LLVM symbols, they conflict with Mesa llvmpipe
+ * we also keep boost's symbols local, since some python modules could
+ * be using boost as well (mainly that's for lux render)
+ */
 
 {
 global:
 	*;
+	*_boost*;
 local:
 	*llvm*;
 	*LLVM*;
+	*boost*;
 };