diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 385e509869a..d2d1eea4e40 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5197,7 +5197,10 @@ let
 
   monetdb = callPackage ../servers/sql/monetdb { };
 
-  mongodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/mongodb { useV8 = (getConfig ["mongodb" "useV8"] false); };
+  mongodb = callPackage ../servers/nosql/mongodb {
+    boost = boost147;
+    useV8 = (getConfig ["mongodb" "useV8"] false);
+  };
 
   mysql4 = import ../servers/sql/mysql {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses zlib perl;