diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dict/1.9.15.nix b/pkgs/servers/dict/1.9.15.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4eb5c6cb0b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dict/1.9.15.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+args : with args; with builderDefs {src="";} null;
+	let localDefs = builderDefs (rec {
+		src = /* put a fetchurl here */
+		fetchurl {
+			url = ftp://ftp.dict.org/pub/dict/dictd-1.9.15.tar.gz;
+			sha256 = "0p41yf72l0igmshz6vxy3hm51z25600vrnb9j2jpgws4c03fqnac";
+		};
+
+		buildInputs = [flex bison which];
+		configureFlags = [ " --datadir=/var/run/current-system/share/dictd " ];
+	}) args null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+	in with localDefs;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "dict-"+version;
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure localDefs 
+			[doConfigure doMakeInstall doForceShare doPropagate]);
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+		Dict protocol server and client.
+";
+		inherit src;
+	};
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dict/dictd-db.nix b/pkgs/servers/dict/dictd-db.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fee4824b886
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dict/dictd-db.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  builderDefs
+}:
+let makeDictdDBFreedict = _src: _name:
+with builderDefs {src="";} null;
+	let localDefs = builderDefs (rec {
+		src=_src;
+		doInstall = FullDepEntry (''
+			ensureDir $out/share/dictd
+			tar xf  ${src} -C $out/share/dictd
+		'') ["minInit" "addInputs" "defEnsureDir"];
+
+		buildInputs = [];
+		configureFlags = [];
+	}) null; /* null is a terminator for sumArgs */
+	in with localDefs;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "dictd-db-${_name}";
+	builder = writeScript (name + "-builder")
+		(textClosure localDefs 
+			[doInstall doForceShare doPropagate]);
+	meta = {
+		description = "
+		${name} dictionary for dictd.
+";
+		inherit src;
+	};
+};
+fetchurl = (builderDefs {src="";} null).fetchurl;
+in 
+{
+	nld2eng = makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
+		url = http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/nld-eng.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "1vhw81pphb64fzsjvpzsnnyr34ka2fxizfwilnxyjcmpn9360h07";
+	}) "nld-eng";
+	eng2nld =  makeDictdDBFreedict (fetchurl {
+		url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/eng-nld.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "0rcg28ldykv0w2mpxc6g4rqmfs33q7pbvf68ssy1q9gpf6mz7vcl";
+	}) "eng-nld";
+}
+	fetchurl {
+		url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/eng-rus.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "15409ivhww1wsfjr05083pv6mg10bak8v5pg1wkiqybk7ck61rry";
+	};
+	fetchurl {
+		url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/rus-eng.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "";
+	};
+	fetchurl {
+		url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/fra-eng.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "0sdd88s2zs5whiwdf3hd0s4pzzv75sdsccsrm1wxc87l3hjm85z3";
+	};
+	fetchurl {
+		url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/eng-fra.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "0fi6rrnbqnhc6lq8d0nmn30zdqkibrah0mxfg27hsn9z7alwbj3m";
+	};
+	fetchurl {
+		url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/mueller-dict/mueller-dict-3.1.tar.gz;
+		sha256 = "04r5xxznvmcb8hkxqbjgfh2gxvbdd87jnhqn5gmgvxxw53zpwfmq";
+	};
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dict/freedict.nix b/pkgs/servers/dict/freedict.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f62525f3942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dict/freedict.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+	fetchurl {
+		url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freedict/freedict-tools-0.2.tar.bz2;
+		sha256 = "0hai4rvyrsgagvwq8ahp8iwby77wr62whkkda2pkp8l6fp9sm2gd";
+	};
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 646f9e0db29a..91fecb5159f9 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3706,6 +3706,18 @@ rec {
     db4Support = true;
   };
 
+  dictFun = lib.sumArgs (selectVersion ../servers/dict "1.9.15") {
+    inherit builderDefs which; 
+    flex=flex2534; 
+    bison=bison23;
+  };
+
+  dict = dictFun null;
+
+  dictdDBs = recurseIntoAttrs (import ../servers/dict/dictd-db.nix {
+    inherit builderDefs;
+  });
+
   dovecot = import ../servers/mail/dovecot {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ;
   };