diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/freetype-2.2.1.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/freetype-2.2.1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c54f0a5986c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetype/freetype-2.2.1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "freetype-2.2.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/freetype/freetype-2.2.1.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "5b2f827082c544392a7701f7423f0781";
+  };
+}