diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
index 0521b12fd590..c6b774fc06cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/vm/default.nix
@@ -924,6 +924,32 @@ rec {
       packages = commonFedoraPackages ++ [ "cronie" "util-linux" ];
     };
 
+    fedora17i386 = {
+      name = "fedora-17-i386";
+      fullName = "Fedora 17 (i386)";
+      packagesList = fetchurl {
+        url = mirror://fedora/linux/releases/17/Everything/i386/os/repodata/82dc1ea6d26e53a367dc6e7472113c4454c9a8ac7c98d4bfb11fd0b6f311450f-primary.xml.gz;
+        sha256 = "03s527rvdl0zn6zx963wmjlcjm247h8p4x3fviks6lvfsak1xp42";
+      };
+      urlPrefix = mirror://fedora/linux/releases/17/Everything/i386/os;
+      archs = ["noarch" "i386" "i586" "i686"];
+      packages = commonFedoraPackages ++ [ "cronie" "util-linux" ];
+      unifiedSystemDir = true;
+    };
+
+    fedora17x86_64 = {
+      name = "fedora-17-x86_64";
+      fullName = "Fedora 17 (x86_64)";
+      packagesList = fetchurl {
+        url = mirror://fedora/linux/releases/17/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/7009de56f1a1c399930fa72094a310a40d38153c96d0b5af443914d3d6a7d811-primary.xml.gz;
+        sha256 = "04fqlzbd651r8jpvbl4n7hakh3d422ir88571y9rkhx1y5bdw2bh";
+      };
+      urlPrefix = mirror://fedora/linux/releases/17/Everything/x86_64/os;
+      archs = ["noarch" "x86_64"];
+      packages = commonFedoraPackages ++ [ "cronie" "util-linux" ];
+      unifiedSystemDir = true;
+    };
+
     fedora18i386 = {
       name = "fedora-18-i386";
       fullName = "Fedora 18 (i386)";