diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/haproxy/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/haproxy/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a43251dc350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/haproxy/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "haproxy-1.4.20";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.4/src/haproxy-1.4.20.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0gi81dg8k3ypljs7ifbppvpfrwrnbafjv41fjpwnyqfwbxa4j2gh";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    export makeFlags="TARGET=linux26 PREFIX=$out"
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "HAProxy is a free, very fast and reliable solution offering high availability, load balancing, and proxying for TCP and HTTP-based applications.";
+    homepage = http://haproxy.1wt.eu/;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c8c218812b73..476fd3ca6148 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -846,6 +846,8 @@ let
 
   pigz = callPackage ../tools/compression/pigz { };
 
+  haproxy = callPackage ../tools/networking/haproxy { };
+
   hardlink = callPackage ../tools/system/hardlink { };
 
   halibut = callPackage ../tools/typesetting/halibut { };