diff --git a/pkgs/applications/video/dvb-apps/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/video/dvb-apps/default.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/applications/video/dvb-apps/default.nix
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+{ stdenv, fetchurl, perl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "dvb-apps-7f68f9c8d311";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://linuxtv.org/hg/dvb-apps/archive/7f68f9c8d311.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0a6c5jjq6ad98bj0r954l3n7zjb2syw9m19jksg06z4zg1z8yg82";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl ];
+
+  configurePhase = "true"; # skip configure
+
+  installPhase = "make prefix=$out install";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Linux DVB API applications and utilities";
+    homepage = http://linuxtv.org/;
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    license = "GPLv2";
+  };
+}