diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.50-headers.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.51-headers.nix
similarity index 62%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.50-headers.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.51-headers.nix
index b901d73da73..4b1c1f80c54 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.50-headers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.51-headers.nix
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "boost-1.50.0-headers";
+  name = "boost-1.51.0-headers";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_50_0.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "0ac5b82g6b5pdhzypgddql0i3i9vvrwf9iqp3lyp19hzr2wf5b69";
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_51_0.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "fb2d2335a29ee7fe040a197292bfce982af84a645c81688a915c84c925b69696";
   };
 
   phases = [ "installPhase" ];
 
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p $out/include
-    tar xvf $src -C $out/include --strip-components=1 boost_1_50_0/boost
+    tar xf $src -C $out/include --strip-components=1 ./boost_1_51_0/boost
   '';
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 093bb835046..bb162c97f16 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3317,8 +3317,8 @@ let
   boost = boost151;
 
   boostHeaders149 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.49-headers.nix { };
-  boostHeaders150 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.50-headers.nix { };
-  boostHeaders = boostHeaders150;
+  boostHeaders151 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.51-headers.nix { };
+  boostHeaders = boostHeaders151;
 
   botan = callPackage ../development/libraries/botan { };