diff --git a/ports/boost/CONTROL b/ports/boost/CONTROL
index 2a45ca1d8e..8200d54d15 100644
--- a/ports/boost/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/boost/CONTROL
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 Source: boost
-Version: 1.65
+Version: 1.65-1
 Description: Peer-reviewed portable C++ source libraries
 Build-Depends: zlib, bzip2
diff --git a/ports/boost/portfile.cmake b/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
index b7917576dc..1cab46cc11 100644
--- a/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/boost/portfile.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ vcpkg_download_distfile(ARCHIVE_FILE
 )
 vcpkg_extract_source_archive(${ARCHIVE_FILE})
 
+# apply boost combined hotfix
+vcpkg_download_distfile(HOTFIX_PATCH
+    URLS "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/boostorg/website/master/patches/1_65_0/boost_1_65_0.patch"
+    FILENAME "boost_1_65_0.patch"
+    SHA512 8f9e654d0ee4d30b38b62b99ebfbbdeccd156c168656e1256b846bd21a3cb36d675396bd48d3f7a18d6cffba80932d40590d12e7ca1a4b51db343b3a0a39a3fd
+)
+vcpkg_apply_patches(SOURCE_PATH ${SOURCE_PATH} PATCHES ${HOTFIX_PATCH})
+
 # apply boost range hotfix
 vcpkg_download_distfile(DIFF
     URLS "https://github.com/boostorg/range/commit/e7ebe14707130cda7b72e0ae5e93b17157fdb6a2.diff"