diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index a195a2c7bb98..b3950cb0d301 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 { stdenv, icu, expat, zlib, bzip2, python, fixDarwinDylibNames, libiconv
+, fetchpatch
 , which
 , buildPackages
 , toolset ? /**/ if stdenv.cc.isClang  then "clang"
@@ -113,6 +114,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     if version == "1.55.0"
     then ./darwin-1.55-no-system-python.patch
     else ./darwin-no-system-python.patch)
+  # Fix boost-context segmentation faults on ppc64 due to ABI violation
+  ++ optional (versionAtLeast version "1.61" &&
+               versionOlder version "1.71") (fetchpatch {
+    url = "https://github.com/boostorg/context/commit/2354eca9b776a6739112833f64754108cc0d1dc5.patch";
+    sha256 = "067m4bjpmcanqvg28djax9a10avmdwhlpfx6gn73kbqqq70dnz29";
+    stripLen = 1;
+    extraPrefix = "libs/context/";
+  })
   ++ optional (and (versionAtLeast version "1.70") (!versionAtLeast version "1.73")) ./cmake-paths.patch
   ++ optional (versionAtLeast version "1.73") ./cmake-paths-173.patch;