diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/script-builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/script-builder.sh
index e989615bee49..0a7cdc5b8a86 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/script-builder.sh
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/jing/script-builder.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-source $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+source $stdenv/setup
 
-mkdir -p $out/bin || exit 1
+ensureDir $out/bin
 
 cat >> $out/bin/jing <<EOF
-#! /bin/sh
+#! $SHELL
 
 export JAVA_HOME=$jre
 export LANG="en_US"
 
-$jre/bin/java -jar $jing/bin/jing.jar \$@
+exec $jre/bin/java -jar $jing/bin/jing.jar "\$@"
 EOF
 
-chmod a+x $out/bin/jing || exit 1
+chmod a+x $out/bin/jing
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/trang/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/trang/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ae7f7bfe929
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/trang/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+ensureDir $out/jars
+unzip -j $src '*/trang.jar'
+cp -p *.jar $out/jars
+
+ensureDir $out/bin
+
+cat >> $out/bin/trang <<EOF
+#! $SHELL
+export JAVA_HOME=$jre
+exec $jre/bin/java -jar $out/jars/trang.jar "\$@"
+EOF
+
+chmod a+x $out/bin/trang
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/text/xml/trang/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/trang/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b87a5575d26c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/text/xml/trang/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, jre, unzip}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "trang-20030619";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.thaiopensource.com/download/trang-20030619.zip;
+    md5 = "9611ea59fda0f62fecc4a5017a72984e";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [unzip];
+
+  inherit jre;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index d40e94191bea..56dc5e3cf9be 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ rec {
     jre = blackdown;
   };
 
+  trang = import ../tools/text/xml/trang {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
+    jre = blackdown;
+  };
+
   cpio = (import ../tools/archivers/cpio) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };