diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
index 93362cadf69..04b2eb0d65e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/boost/package.py
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ class Boost(Package):
     list_url = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost/"
     list_depth = 1
 
+    version('1.65.0', '5512d3809801b0a1b9dd58447b70915d',
+            url='https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.65.0/source/boost_1_65_0.tar.bz2')
+
     # NOTE: 1.64.0 seems fine for *most* applications, but if you need
     #       +python and +mpi, there seem to be errors with out-of-date
     #       API calls from mpi/python.