diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/patches/boost-1.54.0-Fix-macro-for-int128-detection.patch b/srcpkgs/boost/patches/boost-1.54.0-Fix-macro-for-int128-detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7947dc6f109
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/patches/boost-1.54.0-Fix-macro-for-int128-detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- boost/lexical_cast.hpp	(revision 84136)
++++ boost/lexical_cast.hpp	(revision 84965)
+@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if (defined(BOOST_LCAST_HAS_INT128) && !defined(__GNUC__)) || GCC_VERSION > 40700
++// GCC 4.6 has some issues with int128 and uint128. Issues were fixed in GCC 4.7
++#if defined(BOOST_HAS_INT128) && (!defined(__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 6))
+ #define BOOST_LCAST_HAS_INT128
+ #endif
+-
+ 
+ namespace boost
+--- libs/conversion/test/lexical_cast_integral_types_test.cpp	(revision 83717)
++++ libs/conversion/test/lexical_cast_integral_types_test.cpp	(revision 84965)
+@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if (defined(BOOST_LCAST_HAS_INT128) && !defined(__GNUC__)) || GCC_VERSION > 40700
++#if defined(BOOST_HAS_INT128) && (!defined(__GNUC__) || __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 6))
+ #define BOOST_LCAST_HAS_INT128
+ #endif
+@@ -445,6 +445,6 @@
+ 
+     // Overflow test case from David W. Birdsall
+-    std::string must_owerflow_str = "160000000000000000000";
+-    std::string must_owerflow_negative_str = "-160000000000000000000";
++    std::string must_owerflow_str =             (sizeof(T) < 16 ?  "160000000000000000000" :  "1600000000000000000000000000000000000000");
++    std::string must_owerflow_negative_str =    (sizeof(T) < 16 ? "-160000000000000000000" : "-1600000000000000000000000000000000000000");
+     for (int i = 0; i < 15; ++i) {
+         BOOST_CHECK_THROW(lexical_cast<T>(must_owerflow_str), bad_lexical_cast);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/boost/patches/fix-new-glibc.patch b/srcpkgs/boost/patches/fix-new-glibc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13223473b74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/boost/patches/fix-new-glibc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- boost/cstdint.hpp	(revision 84805)
++++ boost/cstdint.hpp	(revision 84950)
+@@ -42,5 +42,8 @@
+ // See https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3548 and http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10990
+ //
+-#if defined(BOOST_HAS_STDINT_H) && (!defined(__GLIBC__) || defined(__GLIBC_HAVE_LONG_LONG))
++#if defined(BOOST_HAS_STDINT_H)					\
++  && (!defined(__GLIBC__)					\
++      || defined(__GLIBC_HAVE_LONG_LONG)			\
++      || (defined(__GLIBC__) && ((__GLIBC__ > 2) || ((__GLIBC__ == 2) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ >= 17)))))
+ 
+ // The following #include is an implementation artifact; not part of interface.