diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0cfa52795119
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/couchdb/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, erlang, spidermonkey, icu}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "apache-couchdb-0.8.1-incubating";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://apache/incubator/couchdb/0.8.1-incubating/apache-couchdb-0.8.1-incubating.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0w59kl7p5mgym1cd7j2pji6fcjq0y7yabcx2hx43vrcyjw31azv4";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [erlang spidermonkey icu];
+
+  configureFlags = "--with-erlang=${erlang}/lib/erlang/usr/include"; 
+
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ce15d38bb24f..faafef4861de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4973,6 +4973,10 @@ let
       pam fetchsvn;
   };
 
+  couchdb = import ../servers/http/couchdb {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv erlang spidermonkey icu;
+  };
+
   fingerd_bsd = import ../servers/fingerd/bsd-fingerd {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };