diff --git a/pkgs/tools/archivers/cromfs/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cromfs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97293176c6ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/archivers/cromfs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, fuse, perl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cromfs-1.5.6.2";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://bisqwit.iki.fi/src/arch/cromfs-1.5.6.2.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "bbe5db623d3c0d2b92fe877d8c8e22a8f8d84210739313bf691d42c05406464d";
+  };
+
+  patchPhase = ''sed -i 's@/bin/bash@/bin/sh@g' configure; set -x'';
+
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "FUSE Compressed ROM filesystem with lzma"  ;
+	  homepage = http://bisqwit.iki.fi/source/cromfs.html;
+  };
+  
+  installPhase = ''
+    install -d $out/bin
+    install cromfs-driver $out/bin
+    install cromfs-driver-static $out/bin
+    install util/cvcromfs $out/bin
+    install util/mkcromfs $out/bin
+    install util/unmkcromfs $out/bin
+  '';
+
+  buildInputs = [pkgconfig fuse perl];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3db7c51cc9ad..df5eedb0559a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -607,6 +607,10 @@ let
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  cromfs = import ../tools/archivers/cromfs {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig fuse perl;
+  };
+
   cron = import ../tools/system/cron { # see also fcron
     inherit fetchurl;
     stdenv = stdenvNew;