diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libftdi/1.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libftdi/1.x.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..273bdb3136e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libftdi/1.x.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, cmake, pkgconfig, libusb1, confuse
+, cppSupport ? true, boost ? null
+, pythonSupport ? true, python ? null, swig ? null
+, docSupport ? true, doxygen ? null
+}:
+
+assert cppSupport -> boost != null;
+assert pythonSupport -> python != null && swig != null;
+assert docSupport -> doxygen != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libftdi1-1.1";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/download/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "088yh8pxd6q53ssqndydcw1dkq51cjqyahc03lm6iip22cdazcf0";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = with stdenv.lib; [ cmake pkgconfig confuse ]
+    ++ optionals cppSupport [ boost ]
+    ++ optionals pythonSupport [ python swig ]
+    ++ optionals docSupport [ doxygen ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ libusb1 ];
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/"
+    cp ../packages/99-libftdi.rules "$out/etc/udev/rules.d/"
+    cp -r doc/man "$out/share/"
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString docSupport ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/libftdi/doc/"
+    cp -r doc/html "$out/share/libftdi/doc/"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "A library to talk to FTDI chips using libusb";
+    homepage = http://www.intra2net.com/en/developer/libftdi/;
+    license = with licenses; [ lgpl2 gpl2 ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.bjornfor ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d02161501c34..d3f302f5d22e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5085,6 +5085,8 @@ let
 
   libftdi = callPackage ../development/libraries/libftdi { };
 
+  libftdi1 = callPackage ../development/libraries/libftdi/1.x.nix { };
+
   libgcrypt = callPackage ../development/libraries/libgcrypt { };
 
   libgcrypt_1_6 = lowPrio (callPackage ../development/libraries/libgcrypt/1.6.nix { });