diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
index 74f45039c3a..808ff912e7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { callPackage, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
 
-callPackage ./generic.nix (rec {
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   version = "1.55.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.56.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.56.nix
index cb0383acd58..fb62c2a07fa 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.56.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.56.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { callPackage, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
 
-callPackage ./generic.nix (rec {
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   version = "1.56.0";
 
   src = fetchurl {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index fd784e0b650..f4a78f201c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 # Attributes inherit from specific versions
 , version, src
+, ...
 }:
 
 # We must build at least one type of libraries