diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.70.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.70.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f7b39c1189e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.70.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.70.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_70_0.tar.bz2";
+    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_70_0.html
+    sha256 = "430ae8354789de4fd19ee52f3b1f739e1fba576f0aded0897c3c2bc00fb38778";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b42a58c8a566..fe4714931408 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9377,6 +9377,8 @@ in
   boost168 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.68.nix { };
   boost169 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.69.nix { };
   boost16x = boost167;
+  boost170 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.70.nix { };
+  boost17x = boost170;
   boost = boost16x;
 
   boost_process = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost-process { };