diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..7e1895f2feff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set -e
+
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+$unzip/bin/unzip $src 
+mkdir $out
+mv eclipse $out/
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86570d90a31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/editors/eclipse/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{fetchurl, stdenv, unzip}:
+
+let {
+  body =
+    stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "eclipse-sdk-3.0.1";
+      builder = ./builder.sh;
+      src = bindist;
+      inherit unzip;
+   };
+
+  bindist = 
+    fetchurl {
+      url = http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/eclipse/R-3.0.1-200409161125/eclipse-SDK-3.0.1-linux-gtk.zip;
+      md5 = "d0f743c972adf13e71a43b2dc6c9c55b";
+    };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index c1b141dff1fc..9e5947a496d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -860,6 +860,10 @@ rec {
     inherit (xlibs) libXt libXp libXext libX11;
   };
 
+  eclipse = (import ../applications/editors/eclipse) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
+  };
+
   emacs = (import ../applications/editors/emacs) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv xlibs;
   };