diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a5172e316250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "boost-1.34.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://kent.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/boost/boost_1_34_0.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1lpganl8grvmy8rsbps5688yqiswvixjwz15d0kjfndp87xbhp25";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 112dbbf05dd0..54588d82d540 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1214,6 +1214,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  boost = import ../development/libraries/boost {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   cairo = import ../development/libraries/cairo {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig x11 fontconfig freetype zlib libpng;
   };