diff --git a/srcpkgs/luxrays/patches/boost.patch b/srcpkgs/luxrays/patches/boost.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dbbf94d3cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/luxrays/patches/boost.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- cmake/Dependencies.cmake	2015-08-29 23:34:01.000000000 +0200
++++ -	2018-10-05 21:42:24.139024667 +0200
+@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
+ 
+ set(Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS "1.47.0" "1.46.1" "1.46" "1.46.0" "1.45" "1.45.0" "1.44" "1.44.0")
+ 
+-set(LUXRAYS_BOOST_COMPONENTS thread program_options filesystem serialization iostreams regex system python)
++set(LUXRAYS_BOOST_COMPONENTS thread program_options filesystem serialization iostreams regex system python27)
+ find_package(Boost ${Boost_MINIMUM_VERSION} COMPONENTS ${LUXRAYS_BOOST_COMPONENTS})
+ if (NOT Boost_FOUND)
+         # Try again with the other type of libs
diff --git a/srcpkgs/luxrays/template b/srcpkgs/luxrays/template
index 77c8d70dfbe..ecd06e58642 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/luxrays/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/luxrays/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'luxrays'
 pkgname=luxrays
 version=3.1
-revision=11
+revision=12
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DLUXRAYS_DISABLE_OPENCL=OFF -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON"
 hostmakedepends="flex bison boost-python"