diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4564021d1490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+	name = "heimdal-1.0.2";
+
+	src = fetchurl {
+		url = "http://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/${name}.tar.gz";
+		sha256 = "1h4x41lpv2abpv5l3yjd58pfzs0kkp5sbnih9iykhwd6sii1iig5";
+	};
+
+	configureFlags = "--enable-shared --disable-static --with-openldap=${openldap}";
+	buildInputs = [ readline db4 openssl openldap cyrus_sasl ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ecdcaa71f5be..320a6154503a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2044,6 +2044,10 @@ rec {
     inherit aspell;
   };
 
+  heimdal = import ../development/libraries/kerberos/heimdal.nix {
+	  inherit fetchurl stdenv readline db4 openssl openldap cyrus_sasl;
+  };
+
   hsqldb = import ../development/libraries/java/hsqldb {
     inherit stdenv fetchurl unzip;
   };