diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f8b630d06..0998bb781 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ set( CMAKE_BUILD_RPATH
 # the RPATH to be used when installing, but only if it's not a system directory
 list(FIND CMAKE_PLATFORM_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib" isSystemDir)
 if("${isSystemDir}" STREQUAL "-1")
-  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib64:${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
 endif("${isSystemDir}" STREQUAL "-1")
 
 # Setting the include directory for the application to find config.h
@@ -131,9 +131,16 @@ pkg_check_modules(UUID REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET uuid)
 set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
 set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON)
 set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
-find_package(Boost 1.66 REQUIRED COMPONENTS
+find_package(Boost CONFIG 1.66 COMPONENTS
   graph
-  )
+)
+# if the upstream boost cmake config is not found, fall back
+# TODO: remove this when we require 1.70+
+if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
+  find_package(Boost 1.66 REQUIRED COMPONENTS
+    graph
+    )
+endif ()
 message(STATUS "Boost version: ${Boost_VERSION}")
 
 # Install paths
diff --git a/cmake/FindFluxCore.cmake b/cmake/FindFluxCore.cmake
index 8cae18c66..7c5703148 100644
--- a/cmake/FindFluxCore.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindFluxCore.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ else()
     if(FLUX)
         get_filename_component(EXTRA_FLUX_CORE_PREFIX_BIN ${FLUX} DIRECTORY)
         get_filename_component(EXTRA_FLUX_CORE_PREFIX ${EXTRA_FLUX_CORE_PREFIX_BIN} DIRECTORY)
-        set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "${EXTRA_FLUX_CORE_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig:$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH}")
+        set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "${EXTRA_FLUX_CORE_PREFIX}/lib64/pkgconfig:${EXTRA_FLUX_CORE_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig:$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH}")
 	message(STATUS "found ${FLUX} in PATH with prefix=${EXTRA_FLUX_CORE_PREFIX}")
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/qmanager/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/qmanager/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index a6cd40a6c..36615d8ee 100644
--- a/qmanager/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qmanager/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ target_link_libraries(sched-fluxion-qmanager PRIVATE
     flux::core
     flux::schedutil
     PkgConfig::JANSSON
-    intern
     cppwrappers
     )
diff --git a/resource/CMakeLists.txt b/resource/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ab5b922b..625be874c 100644
--- a/resource/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/resource/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 add_library(fluxion-data SHARED schema/data_std.cpp)
-install(TARGETS fluxion-data LIBRARY)
+target_link_libraries(fluxion-data PRIVATE
+    intern
+    )
+set_target_properties(fluxion-data PROPERTIES
+    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+    SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}
+    )
+install(TARGETS fluxion-data LIBRARY NAMELINK_SKIP)
 add_subdirectory(libjobspec)
 add_subdirectory(planner)
 set(RESOURCE_HEADERS 
@@ -77,7 +84,6 @@ add_library(resource STATIC
 target_include_directories(resource PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 target_link_libraries(resource PRIVATE
     planner
-    intern
     )
 target_link_libraries(resource PUBLIC
     flux::hostlist
@@ -87,7 +93,6 @@ target_link_libraries(resource PUBLIC
     PkgConfig::UUID
     Boost::graph
     jobspec_conv
-    fluxion-data
     )
 add_sanitizers(resource)
 
diff --git a/resource/libjobspec/CMakeLists.txt b/resource/libjobspec/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a4f2a8c9..b8e0aa9e7 100644
--- a/resource/libjobspec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/resource/libjobspec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ add_sanitizers(jobspec_conv)
 target_link_libraries(jobspec_conv PUBLIC flux::hostlist flux::idset
     flux::core yaml-cpp PkgConfig::JANSSON 
     PkgConfig::UUID
-    intern
     fluxion-data
     )
 
@@ -26,5 +25,5 @@ target_link_libraries(flux-jobspec-validate PRIVATE jobspec_conv)
 
 add_executable(test_constraint.t test/constraint.cpp)
 add_sanitizers(test_constraint.t)
-target_link_libraries(test_constraint.t jobspec_conv libtap intern)
+target_link_libraries(test_constraint.t jobspec_conv libtap)
 flux_add_test(NAME test_constraint COMMAND test_constraint.t)
diff --git a/resource/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/resource/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index 915d526cf..bbf43989f 100644
--- a/resource/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/resource/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ target_link_libraries (sched-fluxion-resource PRIVATE
     resource
     PkgConfig::JANSSON
     PkgConfig::UUID
-    intern
     cppwrappers
     )
diff --git a/src/common/libintern/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/libintern/CMakeLists.txt
index ec2bc19d0..2eb657831 100644
--- a/src/common/libintern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/libintern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-add_library(intern SHARED
+add_library(intern STATIC
         interner.cpp)
-install(TARGETS intern
-        LIBRARY)
 
 add_executable(interned_string_test test/interned_string_test.cpp)
 add_sanitizers(interned_string_test)