diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aa78a5171964
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+a :  
+let 
+  s = import ./src-for-default.nix;
+  buildInputs = with a; [
+    devicemapper
+  ];
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchUrlFromSrcInfo s;
+
+  inherit (s) name;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+  goSrcDir = "cd */";
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "Old-style RAID configuration utility.";
+    longDescritipn = ''
+      Old RAID configuration utility (still under development, though).
+      It is fully compatible with modern kernels and mdadm recognizes
+      its volumes. May be needed for rescuing an older system or nuking
+      the metadata when reformatting.
+    '';
+    maintainers = [
+      a.lib.maintainers.raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms; 
+      linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-for-default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-for-default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8f29ce4b5c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-for-default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+rec {
+   version="1.0.0.rc15";
+   name="dmraid-1.0.0.rc15";
+   hash="01bcaq0sc329ghgj7f182xws7jgjpdc41bvris8fsiprnxc7511h";
+   url="http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/src/old/dmraid-${version}.tar.bz2";
+   advertisedUrl="http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/src/old/dmraid-1.0.0.rc15.tar.bz2";
+  
+  
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-info-for-default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-info-for-default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..12c4ab1e9a7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/dmraid/src-info-for-default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  downloadPage = "http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/src/old/?C=M;O=D";
+  baseName = "dmraid";
+  sourceRegexp = "^.*[.]tar[.]bz2\$";
+  versionExtractorSedScript = ''s/.*-(.*)[.]tar[.]bz2/\1/'';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 266533bc2d58..845bf9210d24 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4926,6 +4926,10 @@ let
     stdenv = if stdenv.system == "powerpc-linux" then overrideGCC stdenv gcc34 else stdenv;
   };
 
+  dmraid = builderDefsPackage ../os-specific/linux/dmraid {
+    inherit devicemapper;
+  };
+
   libuuid = utillinuxng;
 
   e2fsprogs = import ../os-specific/linux/e2fsprogs/1.41.8.nix {