diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/2.33.2.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/2.33.2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..18b325684ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/clisp/2.33.2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libsigsegv, gettext, ncurses, readline, libX11
+, libXau, libXt, pcre, zlib, libXpm, xproto, libXext, xextproto
+, libffi, libffcall, coreutils, automake, autoconf, linuxHeaders
+, groff
+}:
+        
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "2.33.2";
+  name = "clisp-${version}";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/clisp/release/${version}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0rqyggviixaa68n5ll092ll4a2xy4y7jraq65l0gn0hkjhjnm5zh";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ libsigsegv gettext ncurses readline libX11 libXau libXt pcre
+      zlib libXpm xproto libXext xextproto libffi libffcall 
+      automake autoconf groff
+    ]
+    ++ (stdenv.lib.optional stdenv.isLinux linuxHeaders)
+    ;
+
+  # First, replace port 9090 (rather low, can be used)
+  # with 64237 (much higher, IANA private area, not
+  # anything rememberable).
+  # Also remove reference to a type that disappeared from recent glibc
+  # (seems the correct thing to do, found no reference to any solution)
+  postPatch = ''
+    sed -i 's@/bin/pwd@${coreutils}&@' src/clisp-link.in
+    find . -type f | xargs sed -e 's/-lICE/-lXau &/' -i
+
+    substituteInPlace modules/bindings/glibc/linux.lisp --replace "(def-c-type __swblk_t)" ""
+  '';
+  
+  configureFlags =
+    ''
+      builddir
+      --with-readline --with-ffcall --with-dynamic-ffi
+      --with-module=readline --with-module=i18n --with-module=pcre
+      --with-module=syscalls --with-modules=zlib --with-module=curses
+    '';
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    echo Pre-build starting!
+    sed -e '/avcall.h/a\#include "config.h"' -i src/foreign.d
+    sed -e '/asm\/page.h/d' -i src/unix.d
+    cd builddir
+    ./makemake $configureFlags > Makefile
+    make config.lisp
+    cat config.lisp
+  '';
+
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="-O0 -lreadline -lncursesw";
+
+  # TODO : make mod-check fails
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "ANSI Common Lisp Implementation";
+    homepage = http://clisp.cons.org;
+    maintainers = [stdenv.lib.maintainers.raskin];
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    branch = "2.44";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 850813001762..78d1b57b4079 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3661,7 +3661,7 @@ let
 
   sbclBootstrap = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl/bootstrap.nix {};
   sbcl = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl {
-    clisp = clisp;
+    clisp = clisp_2_33_2;
   };
   # For ACL2
   sbcl_1_2_0 = callPackage ../development/compilers/sbcl/1.2.0.nix {
@@ -3768,7 +3768,8 @@ let
   clisp = callPackage ../development/interpreters/clisp { };
 
   # compatibility issues in 2.47 - at list 2.44.1 is known good
-  # for sbcl bootstrap
+  # for sbcl bootstrap.
+  # SBCL page recommends 2.33.2, though. Not sure when was it last tested
   clisp_2_44_1 = callPackage ../development/interpreters/clisp/2.44.1.nix {
     libsigsegv = libsigsegv_25;
   };