diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index 29f92f92..581937dc 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ def boost():
         urls = [
             "https://github.com/nelhage/rules_boost/archive/%s.tar.gz" % _RULES_BOOST_COMMIT,
         ],
+        patches = ["//bazel:rules_boost.patch"],
+        patch_args = ["-p1"],
     )
 
 def com_github_redis_hiredis():
diff --git a/bazel/rules_boost.patch b/bazel/rules_boost.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e66cd742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bazel/rules_boost.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# To make sure we use the provided @envoy//bazel:boringssl.
+diff --git a/BUILD.boost b/BUILD.boost
+index 4354973..1c11525 100644
+--- a/BUILD.boost
++++ b/BUILD.boost
+@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ cc_library(
+     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+     deps = [
+         ":asio",
+-        "@openssl//:ssl",
++        "@envoy//bazel:boringssl",
+     ],
+ )
+