diff --git a/www/mod_md-devel/files/patch-boulder b/www/mod_md-devel/files/patch-boulder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25db5dc59ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/mod_md-devel/files/patch-boulder
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
+index 6de5fc4..2f70ce4 100644
+--- ChangeLog.orig
++++ ChangeLog
+@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
++v1.1.9-DEV
++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
++ * Removed bould check from configure. Not everone building the module needs it installed. 
++   Fixes #76.
++ 
+ v1.1.8
+ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  * new configuration directive "MDBaseServer on|off" to allow/inhibit management of the base
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 0e1a44a..7b54209 100644
+--- configure.ac.orig
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -177,10 +177,8 @@ AC_SUBST(BOULDER_TOS)
+ # the path where boulder is installed
+ if test "x$request_boulder_dir" = "xdef"; then
+     BOULDER_DIR="$GOPATH/src/github.com/letsencrypt/boulder"
+-    test -d "$BOULDER_DIR" || AC_MSG_ERROR([boulder installation not found in default location $BOULDER_DIR. Please use --with-boulder-dir to specify the correct location. ])
+ else
+     BOULDER_DIR="$request_boulder_dir"
+-    test -d "$BOULDER_DIR" || AC_MSG_ERROR([boulder installation not found as specified in $BOULDER_DIR.])
+ fi
+ 
+ AC_SUBST(BOULDER_DIR)
+diff --git a/test/Makefile.am b/test/Makefile.am
+index bca8fc6..e30eb6d 100644
+--- test/Makefile.am.orig
++++ test/Makefile.am
+@@ -89,7 +89,11 @@ test-configs: $(SERVER_DIR)/.test-setup
+ # The certificates we need to verify the cert chain we retrieved from ACME
+ # For now, we need these two, although a fix is underway that only one becomes
+ # necessary. See: https://github.com/letsencrypt/boulder/issues/3307
++@BOULDER_DIR@:
++	@test -d $(BOULDER_DIR) || echo "boulder installation not found. Please configure using --with-boulder-dir to specify the correct location."; exit 1
++
+ $(GEN)/ca.pem: \
++    $(BOULDER_DIR) \
+     $(BOULDER_DIR)/test/test-ca.pem \
+     $(BOULDER_DIR)/test/test-ca2.pem
+ 	@cat $(BOULDER_DIR)/test/test-root.pem $(BOULDER_DIR)/test/test-ca2.pem > $(GEN)/ca.pem