diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 63085b15675b..88fd86e413b2 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
     stdenv = stdenv;
   };
 
+  getopt = (import ../tools/misc/getopt) {
+    fetchurl = fetchurl;
+    stdenv = stdenv;
+  };
+
   diffutils = (import ../tools/text/diffutils) {
     fetchurl = fetchurl;
     stdenv = stdenv;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..30ac6e3d453d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd getopt-* || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install prefix=$out || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c34230ddeeef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/getopt/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation {
+  name = "getopt-1.1.3";
+  system = stdenv.system;
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://huizen.dds.nl/~frodol/getopt-1.1.3.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "7b7637dcb0ac531f1af29f4d6b018e86";
+  };
+  stdenv = stdenv;
+}