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-rw-r--r--pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
index 1644adb175d..4115d11eeb8 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boost/generic.nix
@@ -81,7 +81,9 @@ let
     "-sEXPAT_LIBPATH=${expat.out}/lib"
 
     # TODO: make this unconditional
-  ] ++ optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
+  ] ++ optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform ||
+                  # required; see this line's `git blame` for an explanation
+                  (stdenv.hostPlatform.isMips && versionAtLeast version "1.79")) [
     "address-model=${toString stdenv.hostPlatform.parsed.cpu.bits}"
     "architecture=${if stdenv.hostPlatform.isMips64
                     then if versionOlder version "1.78" then "mips1" else "mips"