This manuscript demonstrates the use of a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller based on indirect-internal model control (ID-IMC) to control a dc-dc boost converter's output voltage. The ID-IMC designing technique focuses on an internal model that is created by producing a shift in frequency as compared to the actual process. The shifting parameter (φ)is then used to tune the process and achieve robustness at a desired value of maximum sensitivity. This approach reduces multiple tuning parameters of the conventional PID to a single tuning parameter (φ) for controlling the process. The implemented method is then analyzed with MATLAB simulations and a fair comparison with internal model control based PID controller is presented.