diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.79.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.79.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..efb176c07a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.79.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{ callPackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.79.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    urls = [
+      "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}.tar.bz2"
+      "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/${version}/source/boost_${builtins.replaceStrings ["."] ["_"] version}.tar.bz2"
+    ];
+    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_79_0.html
+    sha256 = "475d589d51a7f8b3ba2ba4eda022b170e562ca3b760ee922c146b6c65856ef39";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
index 60dbc00f67f..e9f7308e346 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ in {
   boost175 = makeBoost ./1.75.nix;
   boost177 = makeBoost ./1.77.nix;
   boost178 = makeBoost ./1.78.nix;
+  boost179 = makeBoost ./1.79.nix;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4818d70eadf..88898f7dbed 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -16684,6 +16684,7 @@ with pkgs;
     boost175
     boost177
     boost178
+    boost179
   ;
 
   boost15x = boost159;