diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin-classic.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin-classic.nix
index 5f17eb3a1cf..d2878a17fb3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin-classic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/bitcoin-classic.nix
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ with stdenv.lib;
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   name = "bitcoin" + (toString (optional (!withGui) "d")) + "-classic-" + version;
-  version = "1.2.5";
+  version = "1.3.6";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "bitcoinclassic";
     repo = "bitcoinclassic";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "00spils0gv8krx2nyxrf6j1dl81wmxk8xjkqc22cv7nsdnakzrvm";
+    sha256 = "129gkg035gv7zmc463jl2spvdh0fl4q8v4jdaslfnp34hbwi1p07";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoreconfHook ];
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
index a67e5559a53..01e34a953bb 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ rec {
   bitcoin-unlimited  = callPackage ./bitcoin-unlimited.nix { withGui = true; };
   bitcoind-unlimited = callPackage ./bitcoin-unlimited.nix { withGui = false; };
 
-  bitcoin-classic  = callPackage ./bitcoin-classic.nix { withGui = true; };
-  bitcoind-classic = callPackage ./bitcoin-classic.nix { withGui = false; };
+  bitcoin-classic  = callPackage ./bitcoin-classic.nix { withGui = true; boost = pkgs.boost; };
+  bitcoind-classic = callPackage ./bitcoin-classic.nix { withGui = false; boost = pkgs.boost; };
 
   bitcoin-xt  = callPackage ./bitcoin-xt.nix { withGui = true; };
   bitcoind-xt = callPackage ./bitcoin-xt.nix { withGui = false; };