diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/cmake-paths.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/cmake-paths.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7f90148f9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/cmake-paths.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff --git a/tools/boost_install/boost-install.jam b/tools/boost_install/boost-install.jam
+index ad19f7b55..ec6bf57ff 100644
+--- a/tools/boost_install/boost-install.jam
++++ b/tools/boost_install/boost-install.jam
+@@ -587,6 +587,7 @@ rule generate-cmake-config- ( target : sources * : properties * )
+         "# Compute the include and library directories relative to this file."
+         ""
+         "get_filename_component(_BOOST_CMAKEDIR \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../\" ABSOLUTE)"
++        "get_filename_component(_BOOST_REAL_CMAKEDIR \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../\" ABSOLUTE)"
+         : true ;
+ 
+     if [ path.is-rooted $(cmakedir) ]
+@@ -607,6 +608,8 @@ rule generate-cmake-config- ( target : sources * : properties * )
+             "  unset(_BOOST_CMAKEDIR_ORIGINAL)"
+             "endif()"
+             ""
++	    "# Assume that the installer actually did know where the libs were to be installed"
++            "get_filename_component(_BOOST_CMAKEDIR \"$(cmakedir-native)\" REALPATH)"
+             : true ;
+     }
+ 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index 7fe3c185c04a..6d1c20f323d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin (
     if version == "1.55.0"
     then ./darwin-1.55-no-system-python.patch
-    else ./darwin-no-system-python.patch);
+    else ./darwin-no-system-python.patch)
+  ++ optional (versionAtLeast version "1.70") ./cmake-paths.patch;
 
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://boost.org/";