diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5ffc92ae93dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, apr, expat
+, bdbSupport ? false, bdb ? null
+}:
+
+assert bdbSupport -> bdb != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "apr-util-1.2.7";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://archive.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-util-1.2.7.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "a4c527f08ae2298e62a88472291bf066";
+  };
+  configureFlags = "
+    --with-apr=${apr} --with-expat=${expat}
+    ${if bdbSupport then "--with-berkeley-db=${bdb}" else ""}
+  ";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b0027c652c32..9991857eeffd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1533,6 +1533,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  aprutil = import ../development/libraries/apr-util {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv apr expat;
+  };
+
   ### DEVELOPMENT / LIBRARIES / JAVA
 
   saxon = (import ../development/libraries/java/saxon) {