Boost CMake cannot find python library

After sifting through many other questions about CMake not being able to find the boost libraries, I still can't figure out what the problem is:

My CMakeLists part is related to this:

set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
find_package(Boost COMPONENTS python REQUIRED)

include_directories("${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/mazeGen")
include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/mazeSolve")

include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
target_link_libraries(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})

add_executable(${EXECUTABLE_NAME} ${SOURCES} ${HEADERS})

      

        
        
        
      

    

when I point BOOST_ROOT

and try to build the project, the error output is:

CMake Error at C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1111 (message):
  Unable to find the requested Boost libraries.

  Boost version: 1.55.0

  Boost include path: C:/local/boost_1_55_0

  Could not find the following Boost libraries:

          boost_python

  No Boost libraries were found.  You may need to set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the
  directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of
  Boost.
Call Stack (most recent call first):
  CMakeLists.txt:36 (find_package)

      

        
        
        
      

    

Where exactly should I tell CMake to look for libraries? And how can I do this?

all the built-in libraries are located in ${BOOST_ROOT}/stage/lib

and built for VS2012, i tried setting BOOST_LIBRARYDIR

on ${BOOST_ROOT}/stage/lib

but it didn't do anything