diff --git a/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/fix-etc_default_config.patch b/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/fix-etc_default_config.patch
index 5a777b92a1..e11ab78352 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/fix-etc_default_config.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/fix-etc_default_config.patch
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
---- client/scripts/Makefile.am	2015-09-29 11:16:41.000000000 +0200
-+++ client/scripts/Makefile.am	2015-10-13 16:28:35.475293365 +0200
+--- client/scripts/Makefile.am	2017-08-28 22:29:59.000000000 +0200
++++ client/scripts/Makefile.am	2017-09-21 15:09:23.328014033 +0200
 @@ -2,16 +2,5 @@
  
  install-exec-hook:
  	chmod +x boinc-client
 -	$(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init.d
--	$(INSTALL) -b $(srcdir)/boinc-client $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init.d/boinc-client
+-	$(INSTALL) -b boinc-client $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/init.d/boinc-client
 -	if [ -d /etc/sysconfig ] ; then \
 -	  $(INSTALL) -d $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysconfig ; \
 -	  $(INSTALL) $(srcdir)/boinc-client.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysconfig/boinc-client ; \
diff --git a/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/fix-libressl-crypt_h.patch b/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/fix-libressl-crypt_h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66e93c9de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/boinc/patches/fix-libressl-crypt_h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- lib/crypt.h	2017-08-28 22:29:59.000000000 +0200
++++ lib/crypt.h	2017-09-21 15:15:32.882784075 +0200
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
+ 
+ #include <openssl/rsa.h>
+ 
+-#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L) /* OpenSSL 1.1.0+ */
++#if (OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x10100000L) && !defined(LIBRESSL_VERSION_NUMBER) /* OpenSSL 1.1.0+ */
+ #define HAVE_OPAQUE_EVP_PKEY 1 /* since 1.1.0 -pre3 */
+ #define HAVE_OPAQUE_RSA_DSA_DH 1 /* since 1.1.0 -pre5 */
+ #endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/boinc/template b/srcpkgs/boinc/template
index f459ae34f2..71c5d3d580 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/boinc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/boinc/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'boinc'
 pkgname=boinc
-version=7.6.34
+version=7.8.2
 revision=1
 wrksrc=boinc-client_release-${version%.*}-${version%4}
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="LGPL-3.0"
 homepage="https://boinc.berkeley.edu/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/archive/client_release/${version%.*}/${version}.tar.gz>boinc-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9c58df3925e75f99ce46e0abcc4a90b58d345e568198bcb33a4d98bcd318709a
+checksum=d71f35fa1b3ffb31c857e4f40034cbcc0201157de4fa1bed9e75427febcc79d5
 conflicts="boinc-nox>=0"
 
 CXXFLAGS="-Wno-redundant-decls"