diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
index 49544796612..63f32c05bc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/log4cxx/default.nix
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 		url = http://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/log4cxx-0.9.7.tar.gz;
 		sha256 = "1ikyxd8jgf7b2cqjk5lidl7cffs114iiblaczaqbv5bm4vyb4hav";
 	};
-	buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool libxml2 cppunit ];
+	buildInputs = [ autoconf automake libtool libxml2 cppunit boost ];
 	patchPhase = "sh autogen.sh; sed -e 's/DOMConfigurator::subst/subst/' -i include/log4cxx/xml/domconfigurator.h";
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3277ef66698..0039120a0f6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2425,7 +2425,7 @@ rec {
   };
 
   log4cxx = import ../development/libraries/log4cxx {
-	  inherit fetchurl stdenv automake autoconf libtool cppunit libxml2;
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv automake autoconf libtool cppunit libxml2 boost;
   };
 
   loudmouth = import ../development/libraries/loudmouth {