diff --git a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
index 87565a1e53e..8001080a170 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/graphics/freecad/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, coin3d, xercesc, ode, eigen, qt4, opencascade, gts
-, hdf5, vtk, medfile, boost, zlib, python27Packages, swig, gfortran
+, hdf5, vtk, medfile, boost, zlib, python27Packages, swig, gfortran, fetchpatch
 , soqt, libf2c, makeWrapper, makeDesktopItem
 , mpi ? null }:
 
@@ -16,9 +16,18 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1yv6abdzlpn4wxy315943xwrnbywxqfgkjib37qwfvbb8y9p60df";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ cmake coin3d xercesc ode eigen qt4 opencascade gts boost
-    zlib python swig gfortran soqt libf2c makeWrapper matplotlib mpi vtk hdf5 medfile
-    pycollada pyside pysideShiboken pysideTools pivy
+  buildInputs = with pythonPackages; [ cmake coin3d xercesc ode eigen qt4 opencascade gts
+    zlib  swig gfortran soqt libf2c makeWrapper  mpi vtk hdf5 medfile
+  ] ++ (with pythonPackages; [
+    matplotlib pycollada pyside pysideShiboken pysideTools pivy python boost
+  ]);
+
+  patches = [
+    # Fix for finding boost_python. Boost >= 1.67.0 appends the Python version.
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/commit/3c9e6b038ed544e446c61695dab62f83e781a28a.patch;
+      sha256 = "0f09qywzn0y41hylizb5g8jy74fi53iqmvqr5zznaz16wpw4hqbp";
+    })
   ];
 
   enableParallelBuilding = true;