diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d70b8bd5a7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.71.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_71_0.tar.bz2";
+    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_71_0.html
+    sha256 = "d73a8da01e8bf8c7eda40b4c84915071a8c8a0df4a6734537ddde4a8580524ee";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac28faca992..66d11d7679a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -10287,7 +10287,8 @@ in
   boost169 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.69.nix { };
   boost16x = boost167;
   boost170 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.70.nix { };
-  boost17x = boost170;
+  boost171 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix { };
+  boost17x = boost171;
   boost = boost16x;
 
   boost_process = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost-process { };