diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1cebb85c6..d8fa9ffd2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ if(NOT MSVC)
 endif()
 
 if (shared)
+	add_definitions(-DTORRENT_BUILDING_SHARED)
 	add_library(torrent-rasterbar SHARED ${sources2})
 else (shared)
 	add_library(torrent-rasterbar STATIC ${sources2})
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 # this works around a bug in asio in boost-1.39
 add_definitions(-DBOOST_ASIO_HASH_MAP_BUCKETS=1021 -DBOOST_ASIO_DYN_LINK -D__USE_W32_SOCKETS -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0500)
 
-add_definitions(-DBOOST_DATE_TIME_DYN_LINK -DBOOST_THREAD_DYN_LINK -DBOOST_SYSTEM_DYN_LINK)
+add_definitions(-DBOOST_DATE_TIME_DYN_LINK -DBOOST_THREAD_DYN_LINK -DBOOST_SYSTEM_DYN_LINK -DBOOST_CHRONO_DYN_LINK)
 
 if (WIN32)
 	target_link_libraries(torrent-rasterbar wsock32 ws2_32)
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c5e53c4db..66f1049cc 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 	* fix uTP edge case where udp socket buffer fills up
 	* fix nagle implementation in uTP
 
+	* added missing add_torrent_alert to python binding
+
+0.16.5 release
+
 	* udp socket refcounter fix
 	* added missing async_add_torrent to python bindings
 	* raised the limit for bottled http downloads to 2 MiB
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp b/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
index f5621dfe7..31b7d433a 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,31 @@ list get_status_from_update_alert(state_update_alert const& alert)
    return result;
 }
 
+dict get_params(add_torrent_alert const& alert)
+{
+    add_torrent_params const& p = alert.params;
+    dict ret;
+    ret["ti"] = p.ti;
+    ret["info_hash"] = p.info_hash;
+    ret["name"] = p.name;
+    ret["save_path"] = p.save_path;
+    ret["storage_mode"] = p.storage_mode;
+    list trackers;
+    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i = p.trackers.begin();
+       i != p.trackers.end(); ++i)
+    {
+        trackers.append(*i);
+    }
+    ret["trackers"] = trackers;
+    // TODO: dht_nodes
+    ret["flags"] = p.flags;
+    ret["trackerid"] = p.trackerid;
+    ret["url"] = p.url;
+    ret["source_feed_url"] = p.source_feed_url;
+    ret["uuid"] = p.uuid;
+    return ret;
+}
+
 
 void bind_alert()
 {
@@ -479,4 +504,10 @@ void bind_alert()
         "torrent_need_cert_alert", no_init)
         .def_readonly("error", &torrent_need_cert_alert::error) 
         ;
+
+    class_<add_torrent_alert, bases<torrent_alert>, noncopyable>(
+       "add_torrent_alert", no_init)
+       .def_readonly("error", &add_torrent_alert::error)
+       .add_property("params", &get_params)
+       ;
 }