diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/compactor/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/compactor/default.nix
index 041c45f782f4..0486ade9b512 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/compactor/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/compactor/default.nix
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   asciidoctor,
   autoreconfHook,
   pkg-config,
-  boost,
+  boost186,
   libctemplate,
   libmaxminddb,
   libpcap,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
   ];
   buildInputs = [
-    boost
+    boost186
     libctemplate
     libmaxminddb
     libpcap
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   configureFlags = [
-    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost.out}/lib"
-    "--with-boost=${boost.dev}"
+    "--with-boost-libdir=${boost186.out}/lib"
+    "--with-boost=${boost186.dev}"
   ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;