diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/javascript/jquery-ui/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/javascript/jquery-ui/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1166ff560731
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/javascript/jquery-ui/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "jquery-ui-1.8.7";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://jqueryui.com/download/${name}.custom.zip";
+    sha256 = "17j6cmzri6gkrhp4qfnr73sql8qiyxzadrii4ljj62i6vhkb1x2i";
+  };
+
+  sourceRoot = ".";
+
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      mkdir -p $out
+      cp -prvd css js $out/
+
+      # For convenience, provide symlinks "jquery.min.js" etc. (i.e.,
+      # without the version number).
+      ln -s $out/js/jquery-ui-*.custom.min.js $out/js/jquery-ui.min.js
+      ln -s $out/js/jquery-1.*.min.js $out/js/jquery.min.js
+      ln -s $out/css/smoothness/jquery-ui-*.custom.css $out/css/smoothness/jquery-ui.css
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://jqueryui.com/;
+    description = "A library of JavaScript widgets and effects";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index cb1bb8396c23..be3885851b12 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4229,6 +4229,11 @@ let
   zziplib = callPackage ../development/libraries/zziplib { };
 
 
+  ### DEVELOPMENT / LIBRARIES / JAVASCRIPT
+
+  jquery_ui = callPackage ../development/libraries/javascript/jquery-ui { };
+  
+
   ### DEVELOPMENT / PERL MODULES
 
   buildPerlPackage = import ../development/perl-modules/generic perl;