diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/mssys/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/mssys/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9d32205ceab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/mssys/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gettext}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ms-sys-2.1.3";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/ms-sys/ms-sys-2.1.3.tgz;
+    md5 = "6fad0a69ac89440ad4f696dbbbf11497";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gettext];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    makeFlags=(PREFIX=$out)
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/;
+    license = "GPL";
+    description = "A program for writing Microsoft compatible boot records";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index eb1daf82d802..ed220b5b5213 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -632,6 +632,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  mssys = import ../tools/misc/mssys {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv gettext;
+  };
+
   ncat = import ../tools/networking/ncat {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv openssl;
   };