diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.88.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.88.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d261ba812166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.88.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{ callPackage, fetchurl, ... }@args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (
+  args
+  // rec {
+    version = "1.88.0";
+
+    src = fetchurl {
+      urls = [
+        "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_${builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version}.tar.bz2"
+        "https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/release/${version}/source/boost_${
+          builtins.replaceStrings [ "." ] [ "_" ] version
+        }.tar.bz2"
+      ];
+      # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_88_0.html
+      sha256 = "46d9d2c06637b219270877c9e16155cbd015b6dc84349af064c088e9b5b12f7b";
+    };
+  }
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
index 6df574055e92..02fa12706ccf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/default.nix
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ in
   boost183 = makeBoost ./1.83.nix;
   boost186 = makeBoost ./1.86.nix;
   boost187 = makeBoost ./1.87.nix;
+  boost188 = makeBoost ./1.88.nix;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index f5530b1545d6..d9051e6290b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -168,8 +168,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   patches =
     patches
-    ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin ./darwin-no-system-python.patch
-    ++ [ ./cmake-paths-173.patch ]
+    ++ lib.optional (
+      lib.versionOlder version "1.88" && stdenv.hostPlatform.isDarwin
+    ) ./darwin-no-system-python.patch
+    ++ lib.optional (lib.versionOlder version "1.88") ./cmake-paths-173.patch
     ++ lib.optional (version == "1.77.0") (fetchpatch {
       url = "https://github.com/boostorg/math/commit/7d482f6ebc356e6ec455ccb5f51a23971bf6ce5b.patch";
       relative = "include";
@@ -212,7 +214,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         extraPrefix = "libs/python/";
       })
     ]
-    ++ lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast version "1.81" && stdenv.cc.isClang) ./fix-clang-target.patch
+
+    ++ lib.optional (
+      lib.versionAtLeast version "1.81" && lib.versionOlder version "1.88" && stdenv.cc.isClang
+    ) ./fix-clang-target.patch
     ++ lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast version "1.86" && lib.versionOlder version "1.87") [
       # Backport fix for NumPy 2 support.
       (fetchpatch {
@@ -223,7 +228,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         hash = "sha256-0IHK55JSujYcwEVOuLkwOa/iPEkdAKQlwVWR42p/X2U=";
       })
     ]
-    ++ lib.optional (lib.versionAtLeast version "1.87") [
+    ++ lib.optional (version == "1.87.0") [
       # Fix operator<< for shared_ptr and intrusive_ptr
       # https://github.com/boostorg/smart_ptr/issues/115
       (fetchpatch {
@@ -301,7 +306,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   # Fix compilation to 32-bit ARM with clang in downstream packages
   # https://github.com/ned14/outcome/pull/308
   # https://github.com/boostorg/json/pull/1064
-  postPatch = lib.optionalString (lib.versionAtLeast version "1.87") ''
+  postPatch = lib.optionalString (version == "1.87.0") ''
     substituteInPlace \
       boost/outcome/outcome_gdb.h \
       boost/outcome/experimental/status-code/status_code.hpp \
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 786bf3f50164..20b63e41d2b4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -9023,6 +9023,7 @@ with pkgs;
     boost183
     boost186
     boost187
+    boost188
     ;
 
   boost = boost187;