diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/snapper/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/snapper/default.nix
index 9895fff3ba8f..4b7857d60e7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/snapper/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/snapper/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch
 , autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, docbook_xsl, libxslt, docbook_xml_dtd_45
 , acl, attr, boost, btrfs-progs, dbus_libs, diffutils, e2fsprogs, libxml2
 , lvm2, pam, python, utillinux }:
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "14hrv23film4iihyclcvc2r2dgxl8w3as50r81xjjc85iyp6yxkm";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Fix build with new Boost
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/openSUSE/snapper/commit/2e3812d2c1d1f54861fb79f5c2b0197de96a00a3.patch";
+      sha256 = "0yrzss1v7lmcvkajmchz917yqsvlsdfz871szzw790v6pql1322s";
+    })
+  ];
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     autoreconfHook pkgconfig
     docbook_xsl libxslt docbook_xml_dtd_45