diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/jdbc/mysql/builder.sh b/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/jdbc/mysql/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06d60fc5e126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/jdbc/mysql/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+buildInputs="$mysql_jdbc"
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+ensureDir $out/server/default/lib
+ln -s $mysql_jdbc/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar $out/server/default/lib/mysql-connector-java.jar
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/jdbc/mysql/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/jdbc/mysql/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8544ce050afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/jboss/jdbc/mysql/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{ stdenv, jboss, mysql_jdbc }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "jboss-mysql-jdbc";
+
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  inherit mysql_jdbc;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 489698ddb566..c8e18e389bd8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3162,6 +3162,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv jdk5 jdk;
   };
 
+  jboss_mysql_jdbc = import ../servers/http/jboss/jdbc/mysql {
+    inherit stdenv jboss mysql_jdbc;
+  };
+
   jetty = import ../servers/http/jetty {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
   };