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+{ lib
+, stdenv
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, bison
+# boost derivation to use for the src and version.
+# This is used by the boost derivation to build
+# a b2 matching their version (by overriding this
+# argument). Infinite recursion is not an issue
+# since we only look at src and version of boost.
+, useBoost ? {}
+}:
+
+let
+  defaultVersion = "4.4.1";
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "boost-build";
+  version =
+    if useBoost ? version
+    then "boost-${useBoost.version}"
+    else defaultVersion;
+
+  src = useBoost.src or (fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "boostorg";
+    repo = "build";
+    rev = defaultVersion;
+    sha256 = "1r4rwlq87ydmsdqrik4ly5iai796qalvw7603mridg2nwcbbnf54";
+  });
+
+  # b2 is in a subdirectory of boost source tarballs
+  postUnpack = lib.optionalString (useBoost ? src) ''
+    sourceRoot="$sourceRoot/tools/build"
+  '';
+
+  patches = [
+    # Upstream defaults to gcc on darwin, but we use clang.
+    ./darwin-default-toolset.patch
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    bison
+  ];
+
+  buildPhase = ''
+    runHook preBuild
+    ./bootstrap.sh
+    runHook postBuild
+  '';
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    runHook preInstall
+
+    ./b2 install --prefix="$out"
+
+    # older versions of b2 created this symlink,
+    # which we want to support building via useBoost.
+    test -e "$out/bin/bjam" || ln -s b2 "$out/bin/bjam"
+
+    runHook postInstall
+  '';
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://www.boost.org/build/";
+    license = lib.licenses.boost;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ivan-tkatchev ];
+  };
+}