diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d15057527156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/freetds/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "freetds-0.91";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/ALPHA/freetds/stable/freetds-stable.tgz;
+    sha256 = "0r946axzxs0czsmr7283w7vmk5jx3jnxxc32d2ncxsrsh2yli0ba";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = ''
+      A set of libraries to natively talk to Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase
+      databases
+    '';
+    homepage = "http://www.freetds.org";
+    license = "lgpl";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f052eb21bb9f..9c8270484b65 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ let
     guile = guile_1_8;
   };
 
+  freetds = callPackage ../development/libraries/freetds { };
+
   ftgl = callPackage ../development/libraries/ftgl { };
 
   fuppes = callPackage ../tools/networking/fuppes {