diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.62.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.62.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..871ef392c1ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.62.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.62.0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_62_0.tar.bz2";
+    # long-form SHA256 from www.boost.org
+    sha256 = "36c96b0f6155c98404091d8ceb48319a28279ca0333fba1ad8611eb90afb2ca0";
+  };
+
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 77aafb98822a..4e1aa07ec341 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6729,6 +6729,7 @@ in
   boost155 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.55.nix { };
   boost159 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.59.nix { };
   boost160 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.60.nix { };
+  boost162 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.62.nix { };
   boost = boost160;
 
   boost_process = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost-process { };