diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/rlwrap/0.28.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/rlwrap/0.28.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..695c077ce675
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/rlwrap/0.28.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+args : with args; with builderDefs {src="";} null;
+	let localDefs = builderDefs {
+		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
+		fetchurl {
+			url = ftp://ftp.chg.ru/mirrors/ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/distfiles/rlwrap-0.28.tar.gz;
+			sha256 = "07jzhcqzb8jsmsscc28dk4md7swnhn3vyai5fpxwdj6a1kbn4y3p";
+		};
+
+		buildInputs = [readline ];
+		configureFlags = [];
+	} null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+	in with localDefs;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "rlwrap-"+version;
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure localDefs 
+			[doConfigure doMakeInstall doForceShare doPropagate]);
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+		Readline wrapper for console programs.
+";
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b66fbcca4709..850a7f054311 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ rec {
 		else x);
 
 	builderDefs = lib.sumArgs (import ./builder-defs.nix) {
-		inherit stringsWithDeps lib stdenv writeScript;
+		inherit stringsWithDeps lib stdenv writeScript fetchurl;
 	};
 
 	stringsWithDeps = import ../lib/strings-with-deps.nix {
@@ -725,6 +725,13 @@ rec {
   };
   */
 
+  rlwrapFun = lib.sumArgs (selectVersion ../tools/misc/rlwrap) {
+  	version = "0.28";
+	inherit builderDefs readline;
+  };
+
+  rlwrap = rlwrapFun null;
+
   rpm = import ../tools/package-management/rpm {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv cpio zlib bzip2 file sqlite beecrypt neon elfutils;
   };