diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c7a334fe5376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+buildinputs=""
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+tar xvfj $src
+cd syslinux-3.09
+make
+mkdir $out
+make BASEDIR=$out install
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9555b45b29c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/syslinux/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, nasm, perl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "syslinux-3.09";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-3.09.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "dd403b15ef18bb0e5d78d3f552f822a5";
+  };
+ buildInputs = [nasm perl];
+}