diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/ipw2200/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/ipw2200/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e10a8b45c311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/ipw2200/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ipw2200-fw-3.0";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://bughost.org/firmware/ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz;
+    sha256 = "1skmxmngrgz1402yq4vbfwmghh04mn1031jrn2cli0scdxz00zm7";
+  };
+  
+  buildPhase = "true";
+
+  # Installation copies the firmware AND the license.  The license
+  # says: "Your rights to redistribute the Software shall be
+  # contingent upon your installation of this Agreement in its
+  # entirety in the same directory as the Software."
+  installPhase = "ensureDir $out; cp * $out";
+  
+  meta = {
+    # "... you may transfer a copy of the Software ... provided such
+    # recipient agrees to be fully bound by the terms hereof."
+    description = "Firmware for the Intel 2200BG wireless card (requires acceptance of license, see http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7";
+    url = http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php;
+    license = http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7;
+    # See also http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware_faq.php
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 80350d1f454d..89a70b6113e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2165,6 +2165,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  ipw2200fw = import ../os-specific/linux/firmware/ipw2200 {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   kernelHeaders = import ../os-specific/linux/kernel-headers {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };