diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/gnulib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/gnulib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ee8f396708bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/gnulib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchgit }:
+
+stdenv.lib.setName "gnulib-0.0-7898-gdb9cad7" (fetchgit {
+  url = "http://git.savannah.gnu.org/r/gnulib.git";
+  rev = "db9cad7b8b59a010ff9158513a29cb002a2b8ae1";
+  sha256 = "1azdz7mhx1jf0l17wn7zp591wxry0ys4g29ycij5mai7vzhddjn6";
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ec2a13e138e5..39fdc0a2f348 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -847,6 +847,8 @@ let
         libiconv = if gnu then null else libiconv;
       };
 
+  gnulib = callPackage ../development/tools/gnulib { };
+
   gnupatch = callPackage ../tools/text/gnupatch { };
 
   gnupg1orig = callPackage ../tools/security/gnupg1 {