diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/vlan/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/vlan/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..221d0f176428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/vlan/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "vlan-1.9";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://gentoo/distfiles/vlan.1.9.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1jjc5f26hj7bk8nkjxsa8znfxcf8pgry2ipnwmj2fr6ky0dhm3rv";
+  };
+
+  preBuild =
+    ''
+      # Ouch, the tarball contains pre-compiled binaries.
+      make clean
+    '';
+
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      mkdir -p $out/sbin
+      cp vconfig $out/sbin/
+      
+      mkdir -p $out/share/man/man8
+      cp vconfig.8 $out/share/man/man8/
+    '';
+
+  meta = { 
+    description = "User mode programs to enable VLANs on Ethernet devices";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 39c123b7b4e3..379620703616 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1403,6 +1403,8 @@ let
 
   uptimed = callPackage ../tools/system/uptimed { };
 
+  vlan = callPackage ../tools/networking/vlan { };
+
   w3cCSSValidator = callPackage ../tools/misc/w3c-css-validator {
     tomcat = tomcat6;
   };