diff --git a/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/files/libtorrent-rasterbar-2.0.4-boost-1.77.patch b/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/files/libtorrent-rasterbar-2.0.4-boost-1.77.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b39f62614b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/files/libtorrent-rasterbar-2.0.4-boost-1.77.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/pull/6412
+https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent/issues/6405
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/808084
+
+From 906cedddedbdf9d98ecf2bd19340f7f17869b968 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: arvidn <arvid@libtorrent.org>
+Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2021 11:54:13 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] bump handler allocation sizes for boost-1.77 (linux)
+
+---
+ include/libtorrent/aux_/allocating_handler.hpp | 10 +++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/include/libtorrent/aux_/allocating_handler.hpp b/include/libtorrent/aux_/allocating_handler.hpp
+index 9d826d11a1..b24349850e 100644
+--- a/include/libtorrent/aux_/allocating_handler.hpp
++++ b/include/libtorrent/aux_/allocating_handler.hpp
+@@ -122,14 +122,14 @@ namespace libtorrent { namespace aux {
+ 	constexpr std::size_t fuzzer_write_cost = 0;
+ 	constexpr std::size_t fuzzer_read_cost = 0;
+ #endif
+-	constexpr std::size_t write_handler_max_size = tracking + debug_write_iter + openssl_write_cost + fuzzer_write_cost + 152;
+-	constexpr std::size_t read_handler_max_size = tracking + debug_read_iter + openssl_read_cost + fuzzer_read_cost + 152;
+-	constexpr std::size_t udp_handler_max_size = tracking + 144;
+-	constexpr std::size_t utp_handler_max_size = tracking + 168;
++	constexpr std::size_t write_handler_max_size = tracking + debug_write_iter + openssl_write_cost + fuzzer_write_cost + 168;
++	constexpr std::size_t read_handler_max_size = tracking + debug_read_iter + openssl_read_cost + fuzzer_read_cost + 168;
++	constexpr std::size_t udp_handler_max_size = tracking + 160;
++	constexpr std::size_t utp_handler_max_size = tracking + 184;
+ 	constexpr std::size_t abort_handler_max_size = tracking + 72;
+ 	constexpr std::size_t submit_handler_max_size = tracking + 72;
+ 	constexpr std::size_t deferred_handler_max_size = tracking + 80;
+-	constexpr std::size_t tick_handler_max_size = tracking + 112;
++	constexpr std::size_t tick_handler_max_size = tracking + 128;
+ #endif
+ 
+ 	enum HandlerName
diff --git a/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/pspec.xml b/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/pspec.xml
index 87f83f74c0..80b9b41645 100644
--- a/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/pspec.xml
+++ b/network/p2p/libtorrent-rasterbar/pspec.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
             <Dependency>libtool</Dependency>
             <Dependency>python3-setuptools</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
+        <Patches>
+            <Patch level="1">libtorrent-rasterbar-2.0.4-boost-1.77.patch</Patch>
+        </Patches>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>