diff --git a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
index 0264ce397762..1a21efc32322 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/altcoins/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ callPackage, boost155, boost162, boost163, openssl_1_1_0, haskellPackages, darwin, libsForQt5 }:
+{ callPackage, boost155, boost162, openssl_1_1_0, haskellPackages, darwin, libsForQt5 }:
 
 rec {
 
@@ -59,6 +59,5 @@ rec {
   zcash = callPackage ./zcash {
     withGui = false;
     openssl = openssl_1_1_0;
-    boost = boost163;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/rstudio/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/rstudio/default.nix
index bf8374fdaaa1..a5049e4236b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/editors/rstudio/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/rstudio/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, makeDesktopItem, cmake, boost163, zlib, openssl,
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, fetchpatch, makeDesktopItem, cmake, boost, zlib, openssl,
 R, qt5, libuuid, hunspellDicts, unzip, ant, jdk, gnumake, makeWrapper, pandoc
 }:
 
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "RStudio-${version}";
 
-  buildInputs = [ cmake boost163 zlib openssl R qt5.full qt5.qtwebkit qt5.qtwebchannel libuuid unzip ant jdk makeWrapper pandoc ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake unzip ant jdk makeWrapper pandoc ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ boost zlib openssl R qt5.full qt5.qtwebkit qt5.qtwebchannel libuuid ];
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/rstudio/rstudio/archive/v${version}.tar.gz";
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       cp ${pandoc}/bin/pandoc dependencies/common/pandoc/
     '';
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   cmakeFlags = [ "-DRSTUDIO_TARGET=Desktop" "-DQT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE=$NIX_QT5_TMP/bin/qmake" ];
 
   desktopItem = makeDesktopItem {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.65.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.65.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9837e1c69193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/1.65.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ stdenv, callPackage, fetchurl, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "1.65.1";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/boost/boost_1_65_1.tar.bz2";
+    # SHA256 from http://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_65_1.html
+    sha256 = "9807a5d16566c57fd74fb522764e0b134a8bbe6b6e8967b83afefd30dcd3be81";
+  };
+
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index 22ef02023f88..3f9ae113f849 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 , enableStatic ? !enableShared
 , enablePIC ? false
 , enableExceptions ? false
+, enablePython ? hostPlatform == buildPlatform
+, enableNumpy ? false, numpy ? null
 , taggedLayout ? ((enableRelease && enableDebug) || (enableSingleThreaded && enableMultiThreaded) || (enableShared && enableStatic))
 , patches ? null
 , mpi ? null
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@
 # We must build at least one type of libraries
 assert !enableShared -> enableStatic;
 
+assert enablePython -> hostPlatform == buildPlatform;
+assert enableNumpy -> enablePython;
+
 with stdenv.lib;
 let
 
@@ -62,7 +67,8 @@ let
   ] ++ optional (link != "static") "runtime-link=${runtime-link}" ++ [
     "link=${link}"
     "${cflags}"
-  ] ++ optional (variant == "release") "debug-symbols=off";
+  ] ++ optional (variant == "release") "debug-symbols=off"
+    ++ optional (!enablePython) "--without-python";
 
   nativeB2Flags = [
     "-sEXPAT_INCLUDE=${expat.dev}/include"
@@ -76,7 +82,6 @@ let
     "-sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat.crossDrv}/lib"
     "--user-config=user-config.jam"
     "toolset=gcc-cross"
-    "--without-python"
   ] ++ optionals (hostPlatform.libc == "msvcrt") [
     "target-os=windows"
     "threadapi=win32"
@@ -148,8 +153,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
   buildInputs = [ expat zlib bzip2 libiconv ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (hostPlatform == buildPlatform) [ python icu ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames;
+    ++ optional (hostPlatform == buildPlatform) icu
+    ++ optional stdenv.isDarwin fixDarwinDylibNames
+    ++ optional enablePython python
+    ++ optional enableNumpy numpy;
 
   configureScript = "./bootstrap.sh";
   configureFlags = commonConfigureFlags
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdrm/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdrm/default.nix
index 4903d8e66dfe..992b1ea70dca 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdrm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdrm/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libpthreadstubs, libpciaccess, valgrind-light }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "libdrm-2.4.83";
+  name = "libdrm-2.4.84";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://dri.freedesktop.org/libdrm/${name}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "1minzvsyz5hgm6ixpj8ysa6jsv7vm8qc8nx390jxdsk0v9ljd983";
+    sha256 = "7ae9c24d91139ac9a2cdee06fe46dbe1c401a1eda1c0bd2a6d1ecf72f479e0aa";
   };
 
   outputs = [ "out" "dev" "bin" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/1.0.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/1.0.nix
index 877d8ed434c6..fbd30ac04f76 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/1.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/1.0.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
+args@{ callPackage, fetchpatch, ... }:
 
-callPackage ./generic.nix (args // {
+callPackage (import ./generic.nix {
   version = "1.0.11";
   sha256 = "17p34d3n29q04pvz975gfl1fyj3sg9cl5l6j673xqfq3fpyis58i";
-})
+  patches = [
+    # Compatibility with new Boost
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/commit/7eb3cf6bc6dbada3fa7bb7ff4d5981182813a0e2.patch";
+      sha256 = "07agbrii6i8q4wmgpqbln7ldhhadaf5npcinvi6hnyipsr48jbj5";
+    })
+  ];
+}) args
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/default.nix
index ed52902938db..ff5027fd472e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-{ callPackage, ... } @ args:
+args@{ callPackage, ... }:
 
-callPackage ./generic.nix (args // {
-  version = "1.1.4";
-  sha256 = "1rrp4b7zfz0fnjvax2r9r5rrh6z1s4xqb9dx20gzr4gs8x5v5jws";
-})
+callPackage (import ./generic.nix {
+  version = "1.1.5";
+  sha256 = "1ifpcqw5mj2dwk23lhc2vpb47mg3j573v5z4zp8dkczpz7wg5jxq";
+}) args
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/generic.nix
index 351ec3e77331..315385cba6c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libtorrent-rasterbar/generic.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, automake, autoconf, boost, openssl, lib, libtool, pkgconfig, zlib, python, libiconv, geoip
 # Version specific options
-, version, sha256
-, ... }:
+{ version, sha256, patches ? [] }:
+
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, automake, autoconf, boost, openssl, lib, libtool, pkgconfig, zlib, python, libiconv, geoip, ... }:
 
 let formattedVersion = lib.replaceChars ["."] ["_"] version;
 
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit sha256;
   };
 
+  inherit patches;
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [ automake autoconf libtool pkgconfig ];
   buildInputs = [ boost openssl zlib python libiconv geoip ];
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftgl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftgl/default.nix
index 51de5e8fad5c..a02aa94576e5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftgl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyftgl/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub
+{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchFromGitHub, isPy3k
 , boost, freetype, ftgl, mesa }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     sha256 = "12zcjv4cwwjihiaf74kslrdmmk4bs47h7006gyqfwdfchfjdgg4r";
   };
 
+  postPatch = stdenv.lib.optional isPy3k ''
+    sed -i "s,'boost_python','boost_python3',g" setup.py
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [ boost freetype ftgl mesa ];
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
diff --git a/pkgs/games/bastet/default.nix b/pkgs/games/bastet/default.nix
index 4c55d571bd51..27ddec616bc8 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/bastet/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/bastet/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, ncurses, boost }:
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, fetchpatch, ncurses, boost }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "bastet-${version}";
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "09kamxapm9jw9przpsgjfg33n9k94bccv65w95dakj0br33a75wn";
   };
 
+  patches = [
+    # Compatibility with new Boost
+    (fetchpatch {
+      url = "https://github.com/fph/bastet/commit/0e03f8d4d6bc6949cf1c447e632ce0d1b98c4be1.patch";
+      sha256 = "1475hisbm44jirsrhdlnddppsyn83xmvcx09gfkm9drcix05alzj";
+    })
+  ];
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p "$out"/bin
     cp bastet "$out"/bin/
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix
index 206dc6889e8b..4a68160ce05a 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kexectools/default.nix
@@ -2,14 +2,14 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "kexec-tools-${version}";
-  version = "2.0.14";
+  version = "2.0.15";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     urls = [
       "mirror://kernel/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/${name}.tar.xz"
       "http://horms.net/projects/kexec/kexec-tools/${name}.tar.xz"
     ];
-    sha256 = "1ihd3kzw8xnc5skq4pb633rr80007knjm4n1dd67a24xkplygcpz";
+    sha256 = "1rwl04y1mpb28yq5ynnk8j124dmhj5p8c4hcdn453sri2j37p6w9";
   };
 
   hardeningDisable = [ "format" "pic" "relro" ];
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/povray/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/povray/default.nix
index 6bdff06699b9..7284ee95a909 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/graphics/povray/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/graphics/povray/default.nix
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "povray-${version}";
-  version = "3.7.0.3";
+  version = "3.7.0.4";
 
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "POV-Ray";
     repo = "povray";
     rev = "v${version}";
-    sha256 = "0mzkgk3gn8jfrw1fq0z3kqbysdfq8nwdl8a28l18v8gzb31bblhq";
+    sha256 = "1wkwb43w5r9pa79yazy4w4s8n6g280igag97hgl7dyi289q39n0q";
   };
 
 
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
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 515698b1c12f..c2e3cad5a0be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -645,9 +645,7 @@ with pkgs;
   };
   aria = aria2;
 
-  aspcud = callPackage ../tools/misc/aspcud {
-    boost = boost163;
-  };
+  aspcud = callPackage ../tools/misc/aspcud { };
 
   at = callPackage ../tools/system/at { };
 
@@ -1402,9 +1400,7 @@ with pkgs;
 
   citrix_receiver = callPackage ../applications/networking/remote/citrix-receiver { };
 
-  citra = libsForQt5.callPackage ../misc/emulators/citra {
-    boost = boost163;
-  };
+  citra = libsForQt5.callPackage ../misc/emulators/citra { };
 
   cmst = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/networking/cmst { };
 
@@ -7825,8 +7821,9 @@ with pkgs;
   boost162 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.62.nix { };
   boost163 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.63.nix { };
   boost164 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.64.nix { };
-  boost16x = boost164;
-  boost = boost162;
+  boost165 = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost/1.65.nix { };
+  boost16x = boost165;
+  boost = boost16x;
 
   boost_process = callPackage ../development/libraries/boost-process { };
 
@@ -12930,7 +12927,6 @@ with pkgs;
 
   systemd = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/systemd {
     utillinux = utillinuxMinimal; # break the cyclic dependency
-    gperf = gperf_3_0; # fix build until v233
   }
     // {
       udev.bin = systemd;     # ${systemd.udev.bin}/bin/udevadm
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index a94c8e8e4097..efa21bf121e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -1476,7 +1476,10 @@ in {
 
   # Build boost for this specific Python version
   # TODO: use separate output for libboost_python.so
-  boost = pkgs.boost.override {inherit python;};
+  boost = pkgs.boost.override {
+    inherit (self) python numpy;
+    enablePython = true;
+  };
 
   buttersink = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "buttersink-0.6.8";
@@ -1531,7 +1534,6 @@ in {
     python = self.python;
     boost = self.boost;
     numpy = self.numpy;
-    pythonSupport = true;
   };
 
   capstone = buildPythonPackage rec {