diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df5eaafdf6dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/webkit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+args : with args; 
+let version = lib.getAttr ["version"] "r34824" args; in
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://nightly.webkit.org/files/trunk/src/WebKit-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "10h295niz1np0rfjqchvjda8kdxf9z0qrk2r3x8xbrbva1y6dfn6";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gtk atk cairo curl fontconfig freetype
+    gettext libjpeg libpng libtiff libxml2 libxslt pango
+    sqlite icu gperf bison flex autoconf automake libtool 
+    perl intltool pkgconfig];
+
+  configureCommand = "./autogen.sh ";
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" (doPatchShebangs ".") "doReplaceUsrBin" "doMakeInstall" "doAddPrograms"];
+
+  doReplaceUsrBin = FullDepEntry (''
+    for i in $(find . -name '*.pl') $(find . -name '*.pm'); do 
+        sed -e 's@/usr/bin/gcc@gcc@' -i $i
+    done
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+
+  doAddPrograms = FullDepEntry (''
+    for i in Programs/.libs/*; do 
+        cp $i $out/bin/webkit-program-$(basename $i)
+    done
+  '') ["minInit" "doMake" "defEnsureDir"];
+      
+  name = "webkit-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "WebKit - a fast and correct HTML renderer";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 086979a06b7a..ae1973cf57b6 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3380,6 +3380,17 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit postgresql mysql sqlite;
   });
 
+  webkit = builderDefsPackage (import ../development/libraries/webkit) {
+    inherit (gtkLibs) gtk atk pango; 
+    inherit freetype fontconfig gettext gperf curl 
+      libjpeg libtiff libpng libxml2 libxslt sqlite 
+      icu cairo perl intltool automake libtool 
+      pkgconfig;
+    autoconf = autoconfLatest;
+    flex = flex2535;
+    bison = bison23;
+  } null;
+
   wxGTK = wxGTK26;
 
   wxGTK26 = import ../development/libraries/wxGTK-2.6 {