diff --git a/dev-util/boost-build/Manifest b/dev-util/boost-build/Manifest
index 205dbe8592ab7..98c80b335c332 100644
--- a/dev-util/boost-build/Manifest
+++ b/dev-util/boost-build/Manifest
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DIST boost_1_74_0.tar.bz2 109600630 BLAKE2B 2982f64fccf6fdb3b4b74452e603f459242d7abb42df4162278d9b558b637786a2eb97442126967b19088d591777c64ced8f60a23e71eaa0b7545e80f800de63 SHA512 4ec9c1164ec9b95ce46ba1c073e586c94b3882dce5b7347ea14bbef0c1da230e12aa5328a501ce38cae1b1d7623daa3246325625899179b4cc309242540982a4
+DIST boost_1_75_0.tar.bz2 121849575 BLAKE2B ce7ecd8bcee518ce54f7e5302f202acbea60cedd6ae9248708c0bb5bbc2713607b2e1967a9e6f77cc20a4c008c1ee4db651def55937efc80407487a7a44fa8d6 SHA512 d86f060245e98dca5c7f3f831c98ea9ccbfa8310f20830dd913d9d4c939fbe7cb94accd35f1128e7c4faf6c27adb6f4bb54e5477a6bde983dfc7aa33c4eed03a
diff --git a/dev-util/boost-build/boost-build-1.75.0.ebuild b/dev-util/boost-build/boost-build-1.75.0.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..815dc83605be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/boost-build/boost-build-1.75.0.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2020 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=7
+
+inherit flag-o-matic prefix toolchain-funcs
+
+MY_PV="$(ver_rs 1- _)"
+
+DESCRIPTION="A system for large project software construction, simple to use and powerful"
+HOMEPAGE="https://boostorg.github.io/build/"
+SRC_URI="https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/${PV}/source/boost_${MY_PV}.tar.bz2"
+
+LICENSE="Boost-1.0"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~x64-cygwin ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x86-macos ~sparc-solaris ~sparc64-solaris ~x64-solaris ~x86-solaris"
+IUSE="examples"
+RESTRICT="test"
+
+S="${WORKDIR}/boost_${MY_PV}/tools/build/src"
+
+PATCHES=(
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.71.0-disable_python_rpath.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.71.0-darwin-gentoo-toolchain.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.73.0-add-none-feature-options.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.71.0-respect-c_ld-flags.patch
+	"${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.74.0-no-implicit-march-flags.patch
+)
+
+src_unpack() {
+	tar xojf "${DISTDIR}/${A}" boost_${MY_PV}/tools/build || die "unpacking tar failed"
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+
+	pushd .. >/dev/null || die
+	eapply "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.71.0-fix-test.patch
+	popd >/dev/null || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	tc-export CXX
+
+	# need to enable LFS explicitly for 64-bit offsets on 32-bit hosts (#761100)
+	append-lfs-flags
+}
+
+src_compile() {
+	cd engine || die
+	./build.sh cxx -d+2 --without-python || die "building bjam failed"
+}
+
+src_test() {
+	# Forget tests, bjam is a lost cause
+	:
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	dobin engine/{bjam,b2}
+
+	insinto /usr/share/boost-build
+	doins -r "${FILESDIR}/site-config.jam" \
+		../boost-build.jam bootstrap.jam build-system.jam ../example/user-config.jam *.py \
+		build kernel options tools util
+
+	find "${ED}"/usr/share/boost-build -iname '*.py' -delete || die
+
+	dodoc ../notes/{changes,release_procedure,build_dir_option,relative_source_paths}.txt
+
+	if use examples; then
+		docinto examples
+		dodoc -r ../example/.
+		docompress -x /usr/share/doc/${PF}/examples
+	fi
+}