diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fdfb20..aebaf07 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,23 +1,63 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
 project(python-casacore)
 
-find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(Casacore REQUIRED casacore)
-# find_package(Casacore REQUIRED)
-
 find_package(Python COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module REQUIRED)
-find_package(PythonExtensions REQUIRED)
 
 if(SKBUILD)
     message(STATUS "The project is built using scikit-build")
+else()
+  # If skbuild is not the driver; include its utilities in CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
+  execute_process(
+    COMMAND "${Python_EXECUTABLE}"
+    -c "import os, skbuild; print(os.path.dirname(skbuild.__file__))"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE SKBLD_DIR
+    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
+    RESULT_VARIABLE STATUS
+  )
+  if(NOT STATUS EQUAL 0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+        "You need scikit-build to build python-casacore.\n"
+        "Use `pip install scikit-build` to install it.\n"
+    )
+  endif()
+  list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SKBLD_DIR}/resources/cmake")
+  message(STATUS "Looking in ${SKBLD_DIR}/resources/cmake for CMake modules")
 endif()
 
-message(STATUS "Python_INCLUDE_DIRS=${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+# Scikit-build extensions
+find_package(PythonExtensions REQUIRED)
+
+# Find Casacore and its dependencies
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(Casacore REQUIRED casacore)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS python)
+
+# If environment variable CASACORE_DATA is set, it is assumed that it points to the
+# directory containing the casacore data files. Create a symlink to that directory.
+if (DEFINED ENV{CASACORE_DATA})
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
+        $ENV{CASACORE_DATA} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/casacore/data
+        RESULT_VARIABLE STATUS
+        ERROR_VARIABLE STDERR
+    )
+    if(NOT STATUS EQUAL 0)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to create symlink.\n${STDERR}")
+    else()
+        # message(STATUS "Data files in $ENV{CASACORE_DATA} will be included in the python-casacore package")
+        message(STATUS "Created symlink: ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/casacore/data -> $ENV{CASACORE_DATA}")
+    endif()
+else()
+    message(WARNING
+        "Environment variable CASACORE_DATA is not defined. "
+        "Casacore data files will not be included in the python-casacore package."
+    )
+endif()
 
 add_library(_fitting MODULE
     src/fit.cc
     src/fitting.cc)
-target_include_directories(_fitting PRIVATE 
+target_include_directories(_fitting PRIVATE
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${Casacore_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
     ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
@@ -31,6 +71,7 @@ add_library(_functionals MODULE
     src/functionals.cc
 )
 target_include_directories(_functionals PRIVATE 
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${Casacore_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
     ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
@@ -44,6 +85,7 @@ add_library(_images MODULE
     src/pyimages.cc
 )
 target_include_directories(_images PRIVATE 
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${Casacore_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
     ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
@@ -57,6 +99,7 @@ add_library(_measures MODULE
     src/pymeasures.cc
 )
 target_include_directories(_measures PRIVATE 
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${Casacore_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
     ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
@@ -72,6 +115,7 @@ add_library(_quanta MODULE
     src/quantvec.cc
 )
 target_include_directories(_quanta PRIVATE 
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${Casacore_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
     ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
@@ -89,6 +133,7 @@ add_library(_tables MODULE
     src/pyms.cc
 )
 target_include_directories(_tables PRIVATE 
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     ${Casacore_INCLUDE_DIRS} 
     ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
@@ -96,3 +141,17 @@ target_link_directories(_tables PRIVATE ${Casacore_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(_tables ${Casacore_LIBRARIES})
 python_extension_module(_tables)
 install(TARGETS _tables LIBRARY DESTINATION casacore/tables)
+
+
+add_library(_tConvert MODULE
+    tests/tConvert.cc
+)
+target_include_directories(_tConvert PRIVATE
+    ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${Casacore_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${Python_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_link_directories(_tConvert PRIVATE ${Casacore_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(_tConvert ${Casacore_LIBRARIES})
+python_extension_module(_tConvert)
+install(TARGETS _tConvert LIBRARY DESTINATION casacore)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 054c6bd..5092184 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     "build",
     "cmake>=3.18",
+    "ninja",
     "oldest-supported-numpy",
     "scikit-build>=0.13",
     "setuptools",
@@ -12,8 +13,9 @@ requires = [
 build = "cp3{7,8,9,10,11,12}-*_x86_64"
 build-verbosity = 1
 environment = """ \
-    CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/cfitsio" \
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/boost/lib \
+    BOOST_ROOT="/opt/boost" \
+    CXXFLAGS="-I/usr/include/cfitsio" \
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${BOOST_ROOT}/lib" \
 """
 test-command = "cd {package}/tests && pytest"
 test-requires = "pytest"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7a9ff81..520be58 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -310,7 +310,8 @@ def create_symlink(src_dir, dest_dir):
       # not a symlink, then no attempt is made to create a symlink; the contents of
       # `casacore/data` will be used instead.
       package_data={
-          "casacore.data": [create_symlink(os.getenv("CASACORE_DATA"), "casacore/data")]
+        #   "casacore.data": [create_symlink(os.getenv("CASACORE_DATA"), "casacore/data")]
+          "casacore.data": ["casacore/data"]
       },
     #   ext_modules=get_extensions(),
     #   cmdclass={'build_ext': my_build_ext},