diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a189773f8ec2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, e2fsprogs}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "parted-1.6.23";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/parted/parted-1.6.23.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "7e46a32def60ea355c193d9225691742";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [e2fsprogs];
+}