diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 4382eff1c934..ccd84368438c 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv python libxml2;
   };
 
+  jing_tools = (import ../tools/text/xml/jing/jing-script.nix) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
+    j2re = blackdown;
+  };
+
   gnutar = (import ../tools/archivers/gnutar) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b7c0803fc8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip} :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "jing-20030619";
+  builder = ./unzip-builder.sh;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.thaiopensource.com/download/jing-20030619.zip;
+    md5 = "f9b0775d8740f16ab3df82ad3707a093";
+  };
+
+  inherit unzip;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/jing-script.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/jing-script.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10f0aa90151c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/jing-script.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, j2re, unzip} :
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "jing-tools";
+  builder = ./script-builder.sh;
+
+  jing = (import ./default.nix) {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl unzip;
+  };
+
+  inherit j2re;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/script-builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/script-builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fa9f727e1311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/script-builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+mkdir -p $out/bin || exit 1
+
+cat >> $out/bin/jing <<EOF
+#! /bin/sh
+
+export JAVA_HOME=$j2re
+export LANG="en_US"
+
+$j2re/bin/java -jar $jing/bin/jing.jar \$@
+EOF
+
+chmod a+x $out/bin/jing || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/unzip-builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/unzip-builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..c8cb54a2a0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/unzip-builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+set -e
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+$unzip/bin/unzip $src
+mkdir -p $out
+mv $name/* $out