diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/x11-ssh-askpass/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/x11-ssh-askpass/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b3244feaf750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/x11-ssh-askpass/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, x11, imake}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "x11-ssh-askpass-1.2.4.1";
+ 
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.jmknoble.net/software/x11-ssh-askpass/x11-ssh-askpass-1.2.4.1.tar.gz;
+    sha1 = "78c992951685d4dbffb77536f37b83ae2a6eafc7";
+  };
+
+  preConfigure = "
+    configureFlags=\"--with-app-defaults-dir=$out/etc/X11/app-defaults\"
+  ";
+
+  buildPhase = "xmkmf; make includes; make";
+
+  buildInputs = [x11 imake];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4397948dd361..a9f5b3acadb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -530,6 +530,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  x11_ssh_askpass = import ../tools/networking/x11-ssh-askpass {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv x11;
+    inherit (xorg) imake;
+  };
+
   xmlroff = import ../tools/typesetting/xmlroff {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libxml2 libxslt popt;
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib pango gtk;