diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index 9c6fb3e67203..94ee8c236423 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     cat << EOF >> user-config.jam
     using clang-darwin : : ${stdenv.cc.targetPrefix}c++
       : <linkflags>"-rpath $out/lib/"
+        <archiver>$AR
+        <ranlib>$RANLIB
       ;
     EOF
   ''