diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b94f502e52f..8fa8165283c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7720,6 +7720,7 @@ let
   mariadb = callPackage ../servers/sql/mariadb {};
 
   mongodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/mongodb {
+    boost = boost156;
     sasl = cyrus_sasl;
   };