diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index ba908cd4aa..782bf74791 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/libtiff-invalid-read.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libtiff-null-dereference.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libtiff-tiffcp-underflow.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/libtool-skip-tests2.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libunwind-CVE-2015-3239.patch		\
   %D%/packages/patches/libvpx-CVE-2016-2818.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
index 635b94f4a0..a0474002b7 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bittorrent.scm
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   #:use-module (guix build-system python)
   #:use-module (guix build-system glib-or-gtk)
   #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix l:)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
   #:use-module (gnu packages adns)
   #:use-module (gnu packages boost)
   #:use-module (gnu packages check)
@@ -379,16 +380,19 @@ and will take advantage of multiple processor cores where possible.")
 (define-public libtorrent-rasterbar
   (package
     (name "libtorrent-rasterbar")
-    (version "1.0.10")
+    (version "1.1.2")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri
                (string-append
                 "https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/releases/download/libtorrent-"
-                "1_0_10" "/libtorrent-rasterbar-" version ".tar.gz"))
+                (string-join (string-split version #\.) "_")
+                "/libtorrent-rasterbar-" version ".tar.gz"))
+              (patches
+               (search-patches "libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "0gjcr892hzmcngvpw5bycjci4dk49v763lsnpvbwsjmim2ncwrd8"))))
+                "16im9qsmfrmmkhfjpij9739nqpn4s6wgc9cikdxbcyshfhimzra5"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85bea76efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+Fix compatibility with Boost 1.63.
+
+Patch copied from upstream source repository:
+
+https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/commit/6d2d736cecce0af274dd651dd1f562716b625d92
+
+From 6d2d736cecce0af274dd651dd1f562716b625d92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: arvidn <arvid@cs.umu.se>
+Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2017 13:03:26 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] fix test_ssl.cpp build with newer versions of boost
+
+---
+ test/test_ssl.cpp | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/test/test_ssl.cpp b/test/test_ssl.cpp
+index 01c5bc7..2903332 100644
+--- a/test/test_ssl.cpp
++++ b/test/test_ssl.cpp
+@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ #include <boost/asio/connect.hpp>
+ 
+ #ifdef TORRENT_USE_OPENSSL
+-#include <boost/asio/ssl/error.hpp> // for asio::error::get_ssl_category()
+ #include <boost/asio/ssl.hpp>
+ 
+ #include "libtorrent/aux_/disable_warnings_pop.hpp"