diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fxload/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fxload/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0eb37c0d50ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/fxload/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "fxload-2002_04_11";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/linux-hotplug/fxload-2002_04_11.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1hql93bp3dxrv1p67nc63xsbqwljyynm997ysldrc3n9ifi6s48m";
+  };
+
+  patches = [
+    # Will be needed after linux-headers is updated to >= 2.6.21.
+    #(fetchurl {
+    #  url = "http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/fxload/files/fxload-20020411-linux-headers-2.6.21.patch?rev=1.1";
+    #  sha256 = "0ij0c8nr1rbyl5wmyv1cklhkxglvsqz32h21cjw4bjm151kgmk7p";
+    #})
+
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = "http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/fxload/files/fxload-20020411-linux-headers-2.6.19.patch?rev=1.1";
+      sha256 = "05q7c1yvi479q5z91s9ra2rgn589qljgmdl6phqf30pgzf09r0r6";
+    })
+  ];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace /usr /
+    makeFlagsArray=(INSTALL=install prefix=$out)
+  '';
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    ensureDir $out/sbin
+    ensureDir $out/share/man/man8
+    ensureDir $out/share/usb
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://linux-hotplug.sourceforge.net/?selected=usb;
+    description = "Tool to upload firmware to Cypress EZ-USB microcontrollers";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c3a7ed9c89d7..b4f2b882f31d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3354,6 +3354,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv utillinux;
   };
 
+  fxload = import ../os-specific/linux/fxload {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   genext2fs = import ../os-specific/linux/genext2fs {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };