diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9afca714744e..32dc5a03afba 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -25558,9 +25558,9 @@ with pkgs;
   fragments = callPackage ../applications/networking/p2p/fragments { };
 
   freecad = libsForQt5.callPackage ../applications/graphics/freecad {
+    boost = python3Packages.boost169;
     inherit (python3Packages)
       GitPython
-      boost
       matplotlib
       pivy
       ply
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 912142ae5f1b..5e0c900ac097 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1267,6 +1267,11 @@ in {
     enablePython = true;
   });
 
+  boost169 = toPythonModule (pkgs.boost169.override {
+    inherit (self) python numpy;
+    enablePython = true;
+  });
+
   boschshcpy = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boschshcpy { };
 
   boost-histogram = callPackage ../development/python-modules/boost-histogram {