diff --git a/rwengine/src/engine/GameData.cpp b/rwengine/src/engine/GameData.cpp
index 48c1e121..defd8c2c 100644
--- a/rwengine/src/engine/GameData.cpp
+++ b/rwengine/src/engine/GameData.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <fstream>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 
 // Yet another hack function to fix these paths
 std::string fixPath(std::string path) {
@@ -159,17 +160,15 @@ bool GameData::loadObjects(const std::string& name)
 	return false;
 }
 
-#include <strings.h>
 uint16_t GameData::findModelObject(const std::string model)
 {
-	// Dear C++ Why do I have to resort to strcasecmp this isn't C.
 	auto defit = std::find_if(objectTypes.begin(), objectTypes.end(),
 							  [&](const decltype(objectTypes)::value_type& d)
 							  {
 								  if(d.second->class_type == ObjectInformation::_class("OBJS"))
 								  {
 									  auto dat = static_cast<ObjectData*>(d.second.get());
-									  return strcasecmp(dat->modelName.c_str(), model.c_str()) == 0;
+									  return boost::iequals(dat->modelName, model);
 								  }
 								  return false;
 							  });
diff --git a/rwgame/CMakeLists.txt b/rwgame/CMakeLists.txt
index 95c655ce..f28ee8d1 100644
--- a/rwgame/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rwgame/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
+
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/GitSHA1.cpp.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/GitSHA1.cpp" @ONLY)
 
 set(RWGAME_SOURCES
diff --git a/rwgame/RWGame.cpp b/rwgame/RWGame.cpp
index 2ff82d0c..cd4b0491 100644
--- a/rwgame/RWGame.cpp
+++ b/rwgame/RWGame.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <objects/CharacterObject.hpp>
 #include <objects/VehicleObject.hpp>
 
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
+
 #include "GitSHA1.h"
 
 // Use first 8 chars of git hash as the build string
@@ -53,15 +55,15 @@ RWGame::RWGame(int argc, char* argv[])
 
 	for( int i = 1; i < argc; ++i )
 	{
-		if( strcasecmp( "-w", argv[i] ) == 0 && i+1 < argc )
+		if( boost::iequals( "-w", argv[i] ) && i+1 < argc )
 		{
 			w = std::atoi(argv[i+1]);
 		}
-		if( strcasecmp( "-h", argv[i] ) == 0 && i+1 < argc )
+		if( boost::iequals( "-h", argv[i] ) && i+1 < argc )
 		{
 			h = std::atoi(argv[i+1]);
 		}
-		if( strcasecmp( "-f", argv[i] ) == 0 )
+		if( boost::iequals( "-f", argv[i] ))
 		{
 			fullscreen = true;
 		}
diff --git a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.cpp b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.cpp
index 510781e1..ee58d282 100644
--- a/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.cpp
+++ b/rwlib/source/loaders/LoaderIMG.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <loaders/LoaderIMG.hpp>
 
-#include <cstring>
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
 
 LoaderIMG::LoaderIMG()
 : m_version(GTAIIIVC)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bool LoaderIMG::findAssetInfo(const std::string& assetname, LoaderIMGFile& out)
 {
 	for(size_t i = 0; i < m_assets.size(); ++i)
 	{
-		if(strcasecmp(m_assets[i].name, assetname.c_str()) == 0)
+		if(boost::iequals(m_assets[i].name, assetname))
 		{
 			out = m_assets[i];
 			return true;