diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dfc6367c1933..ea374e491b57 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -846,7 +846,9 @@ let
 
   jdiskreport = callPackage ../tools/misc/jdiskreport { };
 
-  jfsrec = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/jfsrec { };
+  jfsrec = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/jfsrec {
+    boost = boost144;
+  };
 
   jfsutils = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/jfsutils { };