diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/jdbc/mysql/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/jdbc/mysql/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b02e0f49dfde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/jdbc/mysql/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+ensureDir $out/shared/lib
+ln -s $mysql_jdbc/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar $out/shared/lib/mysql-connector-java.jar
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/jdbc/mysql/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/jdbc/mysql/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..975d5234aee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/tomcat/jdbc/mysql/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ stdenv, tomcat6, mysql_jdbc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "tomcat-mysql-jdbc";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  buildInputs = [ mysql_jdbc ];
+  
+  inherit mysql_jdbc;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6e8f9d0f5201..8534f2d04887 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4641,6 +4641,10 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv jdk;
   };
 
+  tomcat_mysql_jdbc = import ../servers/http/tomcat/jdbc/mysql {
+    inherit stdenv tomcat6 mysql_jdbc;
+  };
+
   axis2 = import ../servers/http/tomcat/axis2 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv jdk apacheAnt unzip;
   };