diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nss_ldap/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nss_ldap/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6628593150a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/nss_ldap/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, openldap}:
+   
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "nss_ldap-254";
+   
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.padl.com/download/nss_ldap-254.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "00475b790d3aff3ccd40a1ab4520965e";
+  };
+
+  preInstall = "
+    installFlagsArray=(INST_UID=$(id -u) INST_GID=$(id -g) LIBC_VERS=2.5 NSS_VERS=2)
+    substituteInPlace Makefile --replace '/usr$(libdir)' $TMPDIR
+    ensureDir $out/etc
+  ";
+
+  buildInputs = [openldap];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 49c881c98125..07924c935b66 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2278,6 +2278,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  nss_ldap = import ../os-specific/linux/nss_ldap {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv openldap;
+  };
+
   ov511 = import ../os-specific/linux/ov511 {
     inherit fetchurl kernel;
     stdenv = overrideGCC stdenv gcc34;