2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f66bd4cd6fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.71.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.71.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    #url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_71_0.tar.bz2";
+    urls = [ 
+      "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_71_0.tar.bz2"
+      "https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.71.0/source/boost_1_71_0.tar.bz2"
+    ];
+    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_71_0.html
+    sha256 = "d73a8da01e8bf8c7eda40b4c84915071a8c8a0df4a6734537ddde4a8580524ee";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index f7bd189022f8..82bcd49592d4 100644
--- a/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/nixpkgs/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 , taggedLayout ? ((enableRelease && enableDebug) || (enableSingleThreaded && enableMultiThreaded) || (enableShared && enableStatic))
 , patches ? []
 , mpi ? null
+, extraB2Args ? []
 
 # Attributes inherit from specific versions
 , version, src
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ let
     ++ optional (mpi != null || stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) "--user-config=user-config.jam"
     ++ optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform.libc == "msvcrt") [
     "threadapi=win32"
-  ]);
+  ] ++ extraB2Args
+  );
 
 in
 
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   inherit src version;
 
-  patchFlags = "";
+  patchFlags = [];
 
   patches = patches
   ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin (