diff --git a/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/__init__.py b/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/__init__.py
index 215db2fc1..1fe8c5437 100644
--- a/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/__init__.py
+++ b/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/__init__.py
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@
 from .utvmcg import *  # noqa: F401, F403
 from .zephyr import *  # noqa: F401, F403
 from .pulp import *  # noqa: F401, F403
+from .boost import *  # noqa: F401, F403
+from .cmake import *  # noqa: F401, F403
diff --git a/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/boost.py b/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/boost.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9039275d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/boost.py
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 TUM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
+#
+# This file is part of MLonMCU.
+# See https://github.com/tum-ei-eda/mlonmcu.git for further info.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+"""Definition of tasks used to dynamically install MLonMCU dependencies"""
+
+import os
+import multiprocessing
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from mlonmcu.setup.task import TaskType
+from mlonmcu.context.context import MlonMcuContext
+from mlonmcu.setup import utils
+from mlonmcu.logging import get_logger
+
+from .common import get_task_factory
+
+logger = get_logger()
+
+Tasks = get_task_factory()
+
+
+def _validate_boost(context: MlonMcuContext, params=None):
+    if context.environment.has_target("spike") or context.environment.has_target("etiss_pulpino"):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+@Tasks.provides(["boost.src_dir"])
+@Tasks.validate(_validate_boost)
+@Tasks.register(category=TaskType.MISC)
+def download_boost(
+    context: MlonMcuContext, params=None, rebuild=False, verbose=False, threads=multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+):
+    """Fetch the boost library sources."""
+    user_vars = context.environment.vars
+    version = user_vars.get("boost.version", "1.81.0")
+    # flags = utils.makeFlags((True, version))
+    flags = []
+    boostName = utils.makeDirName("boost", flags=flags)
+    boostSrcDir = context.environment.paths["deps"].path / "src" / boostName
+    if "boost.install_dir" in user_vars:
+        return False
+    if rebuild or not utils.is_populated(boostSrcDir):
+        if "boost.dl_url" in user_vars:
+            boostUrl = user_vars["boost.dl_url"]
+            boostUrl, boostArchive = boostUrl.rsplit("/", 1)
+        else:
+            boostUrl = f"https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/{version}/source/"
+            version_ = version.replace(".", "_")
+            boostArchive = f"boost_{version_}.tar.gz"  # zip does not preserve file permissions
+        utils.download_and_extract(boostUrl, boostArchive, boostSrcDir, progress=verbose)
+    context.cache["boost.src_dir"] = boostSrcDir
+
+
+@Tasks.needs(["boost.src_dir"])
+@Tasks.provides(["boost.install_dir"])
+@Tasks.validate(_validate_boost)
+@Tasks.register(category=TaskType.MISC)
+def build_boost(
+    context: MlonMcuContext, params=None, rebuild=False, verbose=False, threads=multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+):
+    """Build boost library."""
+    flags = []
+    boostName = utils.makeDirName("boost", flags=flags)
+    boostSrcDir = context.cache["boost.src_dir"]
+    # boostBuildDir = context.environment.paths["deps"].path / "build" / boostName
+    boostBuildDir = boostSrcDir
+    boostInstallDir = context.environment.paths["deps"].path / "install" / boostName
+    user_vars = context.environment.vars
+    if "boost.install_dir" in user_vars:
+        return False
+    if rebuild or not utils.is_populated(boostInstallDir):
+        bootstrapArgs = ["--with-libraries=log,thread,system,filesystem,program_options,test", f"--prefix={boostInstallDir}"]
+        # env = os.environ.copy()
+        utils.mkdirs(boostBuildDir)
+        utils.exec_getout(
+            "sh",
+            str(boostSrcDir / "bootstrap.sh"),
+            *bootstrapArgs,
+            cwd=boostBuildDir,
+            # env=env,
+            live=False,
+            print_output=False,
+        )
+        utils.exec_getout(
+            str(boostBuildDir / "b2"),
+            "install",
+            cwd=boostBuildDir,
+            # env=env,
+            live=False,
+            print_output=False,
+        )
+    context.cache["boost.install_dir"] = boostBuildDir
diff --git a/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/cmake.py b/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/cmake.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd94527db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/cmake.py
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 TUM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
+#
+# This file is part of MLonMCU.
+# See https://github.com/tum-ei-eda/mlonmcu.git for further info.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+"""Definition of tasks used to dynamically install MLonMCU dependencies"""
+
+import os
+import multiprocessing
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from mlonmcu.setup.task import TaskType
+from mlonmcu.context.context import MlonMcuContext
+from mlonmcu.setup import utils
+from mlonmcu.logging import get_logger
+
+from .common import get_task_factory
+
+logger = get_logger()
+
+Tasks = get_task_factory()
+
+
+def _validate_cmake(context: MlonMcuContext, params=None):
+    if context.environment.has_platform("mlif"):
+        return True
+    if context.environment.has_framework("tvm"):
+        return True
+    if context.environment.has_platform("microtvm"):
+        return True
+    if context.environment.has_platform("espidf"):
+        return True
+    if context.environment.has_platform("zephyr"):
+        return True
+    if context.environment.has_feature("muriscvnn"):
+        return True
+    if context.environment.has_backend("tflmc"):
+        return True
+    if context.environment.has_backend("utvmcg"):
+        return True
+    if context.environment.has_backend("etiss_pulpino"):
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
+@Tasks.provides(["cmake.src_dir"])
+@Tasks.validate(_validate_cmake)
+@Tasks.register(category=TaskType.MISC)
+def download_cmake(
+    context: MlonMcuContext, params=None, rebuild=False, verbose=False, threads=multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+):
+    """Fetch the cmake sources."""
+    user_vars = context.environment.vars
+    version = user_vars.get("cmake.version", "3.25.2")
+    # flags = utils.makeFlags((True, version))
+    flags = []
+    cmakeName = utils.makeDirName("cmake", flags=flags)
+    cmakeSrcDir = context.environment.paths["deps"].path / "src" / cmakeName
+    if "cmake.exe" in user_vars:
+        return False
+    if rebuild or not utils.is_populated(cmakeSrcDir):
+        if "cmake.dl_url" in user_vars:
+            cmakeUrl = user_vars["boost.dl_url"]
+            cmakeUrl, cmakeArchive = cmakeUrl.rsplit("/", 1)
+        else:
+            cmakeUrl = f"https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v{version}/"
+            cmakeArchive = f"cmake-{version}.tar.gz"
+            # TODO: windows/macos support?
+        utils.download_and_extract(cmakeUrl, cmakeArchive, cmakeSrcDir, progress=verbose)
+    context.cache["cmake.src_dir"] = cmakeSrcDir
+
+
+@Tasks.needs(["cmake.src_dir"])
+@Tasks.provides(["cmake.install_dir", "cmake.exe"])
+@Tasks.validate(_validate_cmake)
+@Tasks.register(category=TaskType.MISC)
+def build_cmake(
+    context: MlonMcuContext, params=None, rebuild=False, verbose=False, threads=multiprocessing.cpu_count()
+):
+    """Build cmake tool."""
+    flags = []
+    cmakeName = utils.makeDirName("cmake", flags=flags)
+    cmakeSrcDir = context.cache["cmake.src_dir"]
+    cmakeBuildDir = context.environment.paths["deps"].path / "build" / cmakeName
+    # boostBuildDir = boostSrcDir
+    cmakeInstallDir = context.environment.paths["deps"].path / "install" / cmakeName
+    cmakeExe = cmakeInstallDir / "bin" / "cmake"
+    user_vars = context.environment.vars
+    if "cmake.exe" in user_vars:
+        return False
+    if rebuild or not utils.is_populated(cmakeInstallDir) or not utils.is_file(cmakeExe):
+        bootstrapArgs = [f"--prefix={cmakeInstallDir}", "--", "-DCMAKE_USE_OPENSSL=OFF"]
+        # env = os.environ.copy()
+        utils.mkdirs(cmakeBuildDir)
+        utils.exec_getout(
+            str(cmakeSrcDir / "bootstrap"),
+            *bootstrapArgs,
+            cwd=cmakeBuildDir,
+            # env=env,
+            live=False,
+            print_output=False,
+        )
+        utils.make("install", cwd=cmakeBuildDir, threads=threads, live=verbose)
+    context.cache["cmake.install_dir"] = cmakeBuildDir
+    context.cache["cmake.exe"] = cmakeExe
diff --git a/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/spike.py b/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/spike.py
index 5f5615f64..8fcbe47eb 100644
--- a/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/spike.py
+++ b/mlonmcu/setup/tasks/spike.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ def clone_spike(
     context.cache["spike.src_dir"] = spikeSrcDir
 
 
-@Tasks.needs(["spike.src_dir", "riscv_gcc.install_dir", "riscv_gcc.name"])
+@Tasks.needs(["spike.src_dir", "riscv_gcc.install_dir", "riscv_gcc.name", "boost.install_dir"])
 @Tasks.provides(["spike.build_dir", "spike.exe"])
 @Tasks.validate(_validate_spike)
 @Tasks.register(category=TaskType.TARGET)