The invention discloses a synthesis method of N-boc-4-hydroxypiperidine, which comprises the following steps: taking 4-piperidone hydrochloride hydrate, adding distilled water, introducing liquid ammonia to alkalinity, extracting with toluene, drying with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and carrying out vacuum filtration to obtain 4-piperidone; dissolving in methanol, adding sodium borohydride, refluxing, concentrating, adding dilute hydrochloric acid to regulate the pH value, adding dichloromethane to separate out the water layer, maintaining the organic phase, drying with anhydrous magnesium sulfate over night, carrying out vacuum filtration, maintaining the organic phase, concentrating, adding n-hexane, refrigerating to crystallize, carrying out vacuum filtration, adding methanol, potassium carbonate and di-tert-butyl dicarbonate, refluxing, filtering, concentrating, adding petroleum ether, and refrigerating to crystallize, thereby obtaining the final white crystal product. The method has the advantages of accessible raw materials, high reaction yield, low cost, favorable selectivity and the like, is simple to operate and can easily implement industrialization. The product has the advantages of high purity and stable properties, and completely conforms to the operating requirements as a drug intermediate.