diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/backup/rsnapshot.nix b/nixos/modules/services/backup/rsnapshot.nix
index 091b5cfd4d59..fb25bd9dd1e8 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/backup/rsnapshot.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/backup/rsnapshot.nix
@@ -39,11 +39,20 @@ in
           as retain options.
         '';
       };
+
+      package = mkOption {
+        type = types.package;
+        default = pkgs.rsnapshot;
+        example = literalExample "pkgs.rsnapshotGit";
+        description = ''
+          RSnapshot package to use.
+        '';
+      };
     };
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable (let
-    myRsnapshot = pkgs.rsnapshot.override { configFile = rsnapshotCfg; };
+    myRsnapshot = cfg.package.override { configFile = rsnapshotCfg; };
     rsnapshotCfg = with pkgs; writeText "gen-rsnapshot.conf" (''
         config_version	1.2
         cmd_cp	${coreutils}/bin/cp
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/backup/rsnapshot/git.nix b/pkgs/tools/backup/rsnapshot/git.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79bae0a26613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/backup/rsnapshot/git.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{ fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, writeText, perl, openssh, rsync, logger,
+  configFile ? "/etc/rsnapshot.conf" }:
+
+let patch = writeText "rsnapshot-config.patch" ''
+--- rsnapshot-program.pl	2013-10-05 20:31:08.715991442 +0200
++++ rsnapshot-program.pl	2013-10-05 20:31:42.496193633 +0200
+@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 	
+ 	# set global variable
+-	$config_file = $default_config_file;
++	$config_file = '${configFile}';
+ }
+ 
+ # accepts no args
+'';
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "rsnapshot-1.4git";
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "DrHyde";
+    repo = "rsnapshot";
+    rev = "1047cbb57937c29233388e2fcd847fecd3babe74";
+    sha256 = "173y9q89dp4zf7nysqhjp3i2m086n7qdpawb9vx0ml5zha6mxf2p";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [perl openssh rsync logger];
+
+  patchPhase = ''
+    substituteInPlace "Makefile.in" --replace \
+      "/usr/bin/pod2man" "${perl}/bin/pod2man"
+    patch -p0 <${patch}
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A filesystem snapshot utility for making backups of local and remote systems";
+    homepage = http://rsnapshot.org/;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4343f147a479..f1868865af22 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2179,6 +2179,11 @@ let
     # GNU Inetutils.  The latter is more portable.
     logger = inetutils;
   };
+  rsnapshotGit = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/backup/rsnapshot/git.nix {
+    # For the `logger' command, we can use either `utillinux' or
+    # GNU Inetutils.  The latter is more portable.
+    logger = inetutils;
+  });
 
   rlwrap = callPackage ../tools/misc/rlwrap { };