diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.63.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.63.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4749bc3ee41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.63.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.63.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_63_0.tar.bz2";
+    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_63_0.html
+    sha256 = "beae2529f759f6b3bf3f4969a19c2e9d6f0c503edcb2de4a61d1428519fcb3b0";
+  };
+
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index fca4257b371e..1f6647d11a10 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6919,6 +6919,7 @@ with pkgs;
   boost159 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.59.nix { };
   boost160 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.60.nix { };
   boost162 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.62.nix { };
+  boost163 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.63.nix { };
   boost = boost162;
 
   boost_process = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost-process { };