diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsystem/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsystem/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a555b4dd5f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgsystem/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, gtk_doc, gobjectIntrospection
+, glib, attr, systemd
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libgsystem-2014.2";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "GIO-based library with Unix/Linux specific API";
+    homepage    = "https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/LibGSystem";
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  };
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "GNOME";
+    repo = "libgsystem";
+    rev = "v2014.2";
+    sha256 = "10mqyy94wbmxv9rizwby4dyvqgranjr3hixr5k7fs90lhgbxbkj6";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook pkgconfig gtk_doc gobjectIntrospection
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ glib attr systemd ];
+
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    mkdir m4
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/ostree/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/ostree/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b91e6bcb3138
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/ostree/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, autoreconfHook, pkgconfig, gtk_doc, gobjectIntrospection
+, libgsystem, xz, e2fsprogs, libsoup, gpgme
+}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ostree-2014.11";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Git for operating system binaries";
+    homepage    = "http://live.gnome.org/OSTree/";
+    license     = licenses.lgpl2Plus;
+    platforms   = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ iyzsong ];
+  };
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "GNOME";
+    repo = "ostree";
+    rev = "v2014.11";
+    sha256 = "152s94r744lyz64syagha2c4y4afblc178lr9mkk8h2d4xvp6nf5";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    autoreconfHook pkgconfig gtk_doc gobjectIntrospection
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ libgsystem xz e2fsprogs libsoup gpgme ];
+
+  preAutoreconf = ''
+    mkdir m4
+    gtkdocize
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2f2a668c27e8..9a6e2aeaa443 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1967,6 +1967,8 @@ let
 
   ossec = callPackage ../tools/security/ossec {};
 
+  ostree = callPackage ../tools/misc/ostree { };
+
   otpw = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/otpw { };
 
   p7zip = callPackage ../tools/archivers/p7zip { };
@@ -5793,6 +5795,8 @@ let
     inherit (pkgs.pythonPackages) mutagen;
   };
 
+  libgsystem = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgsystem { };
+
   libharu = callPackage ../development/libraries/libharu { };
 
   libHX = callPackage ../development/libraries/libHX { };