diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
index a10cd8ce2202..0a38f35af753 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
   version = "1.55.0";
 
-  patches = [ ./clang-math.patch ./clang-math-2.patch ];
+  patches = [ ./clang-math.patch ./clang-math-2.patch ./gcc-5.patch ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_55_0.tar.bz2";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/gcc-5.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/gcc-5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b2713590ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/gcc-5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/10125
+
+ boost/thread/pthread/once.hpp        | 6 +++---
+ boost/thread/pthread/once_atomic.hpp | 2 +-
+ boost/thread/win32/once.hpp          | 2 +-
+ 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/boost/thread/pthread/once.hpp b/boost/thread/pthread/once.hpp
+index ccfb051..0bef038 100644
+--- a/boost/thread/pthread/once.hpp
++++ b/boost/thread/pthread/once.hpp
+@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace boost
+   }
+ 
+ #ifdef BOOST_THREAD_PROVIDES_ONCE_CXX11
+-#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
++#if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) && !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
+     template<typename Function, class ...ArgTypes>
+     inline void call_once(once_flag& flag, BOOST_THREAD_RV_REF(Function) f, BOOST_THREAD_RV_REF(ArgTypes)... args);
+ #else
+@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace boost
+   private:
+       volatile thread_detail::uintmax_atomic_t epoch;
+ 
+-#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
++#if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) && !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
+       template<typename Function, class ...ArgTypes>
+       friend void call_once(once_flag& flag, BOOST_THREAD_RV_REF(Function) f, BOOST_THREAD_RV_REF(ArgTypes)... args);
+ #else
+@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace boost
+     // http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2444.html
+ 
+ 
+-#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
++#if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) && !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
+ 
+ 
+   template<typename Function, class ...ArgTypes>
+diff --git a/boost/thread/pthread/once_atomic.hpp b/boost/thread/pthread/once_atomic.hpp
+index 9e2f876..923f07b 100644
+--- a/boost/thread/pthread/once_atomic.hpp
++++ b/boost/thread/pthread/once_atomic.hpp
+@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace boost
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+-#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
++#if !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES) && !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
+ 
+   template<typename Function, class ...ArgTypes>
+   inline void call_once(once_flag& flag, BOOST_THREAD_RV_REF(Function) f, BOOST_THREAD_RV_REF(ArgTypes)... args)
+diff --git a/boost/thread/win32/once.hpp b/boost/thread/win32/once.hpp
+index cafcfd4..9b37b31 100644
+--- a/boost/thread/win32/once.hpp
++++ b/boost/thread/win32/once.hpp
+@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ namespace boost
+         }
+     }
+ 
+-#ifndef BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES
++#if !defined BOOST_NO_CXX11_VARIADIC_TEMPLATES && !defined(BOOST_NO_CXX11_RVALUE_REFERENCES)
+ //#if defined(BOOST_THREAD_RVALUE_REFERENCES_DONT_MATCH_FUNTION_PTR)
+     inline void call_once(once_flag& flag, void (*f)())
+     {