diff --git a/windows/vcpp2010/examples/echoserver.vcxproj b/windows/vcpp2010/examples/echoserver.vcxproj
index c632264918..38bf907bca 100644
--- a/windows/vcpp2010/examples/echoserver.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/vcpp2010/examples/echoserver.vcxproj
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\..\boost_1_47_0;..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(BOOSTROOT);..;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN;NOCOMM;_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
       <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>