diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/lzma/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzma/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ec4dd241e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/lzma/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "lzma-4.32.5";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://tukaani.org/lzma/lzma-4.32.5.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1mqy1biy46gqky6n3gyr2l395hwckh0xyi96waz5p5x8mgp372ch";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://tukaani.org/lzma/;
+    description = "The LZMA compression program";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dd2ee70f25fb..a3049b6efc92 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -619,6 +619,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ghc tetex polytable;
   };
 
+  lzma = import ../tools/compression/lzma {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   man = import ../tools/misc/man {
      inherit fetchurl stdenv db4 groff;
   };