diff --git a/pkgs/games/steam/runtime.nix b/pkgs/games/steam/runtime.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9c6b07fa1245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/steam/runtime.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "steam-runtime-${version}";
+  version = "2014-04-15";
+
+  phases = [ "unpackPhase" "installPhase" ];
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://media.steampowered.com/client/runtime/steam-runtime-release_${version}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0i6xp81rjbfn4664h4mmvw0xjwlwvdp6k7cc53jfjadcblw5cf99";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out
+    mv * $out/
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "The official runtime used by Steam";
+    homepage = http://store.steampowered.com/;
+    license = licenses.unfreeRedistributable;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ hrdinka ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1048b1b9c612..bdd7411791bf 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -13788,6 +13788,8 @@ let
     withRuntime = config.steam.withRuntime or true;
   };
 
+  steam-runtime = callPackage ../games/steam/runtime.nix { };
+
   stuntrally = callPackage ../games/stuntrally { };
 
   superTux = callPackage ../games/super-tux { };