diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a85cd11d5d2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+set -e
+
+tar zxvf $src
+cd mysql-connector-java-*
+
+ensureDir $out/share/java
+cp mysql-connector-java-*-bin.jar $out/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0cbb13687176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/jdbc/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ant}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mysql-connector-java-3.1.12";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://mysql.proserve.nl/Downloads/Connector-J/mysql-connector-java-3.1.12.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "c8c15443dfa9541545aad02d744a077b";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ant];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2a2c10777210..df1e31ea31e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1651,6 +1651,11 @@ rec {
     ps = procps; /* !!! Linux only */
   };
 
+  mysql_jdbc = import ../servers/sql/mysql/jdbc {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    ant = apacheAntBlackdown14;
+  };
+
   jetty = (import ../servers/http/jetty) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
   };