diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.68.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.68.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..081b105e2d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.68.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, fetchpatch, hostPlatform, buildPlatform, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.68_0";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_68_0.tar.bz2";
+    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_68_0.html
+    sha256 = "7f6130bc3cf65f56a618888ce9d5ea704fa10b462be126ad053e80e553d6d8b7";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 30d6647aa28e..2e372fe4fdf3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8915,6 +8915,7 @@ with pkgs;
   boost165 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.65.nix { };
   boost166 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.66.nix { };
   boost167 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.67.nix { };
+  boost168 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.68.nix { };
   boost16x = boost167;
   boost = boost16x;