diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/7.9.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/7.9.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..89652066d17c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mesa/7.9.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, x11, xlibs, libdrm, expat, lipo ? null,
+  talloc, python, libxml2, libxml2Python}:
+
+if ! stdenv.lib.lists.elem stdenv.system stdenv.lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms then
+  throw "unsupported platform for Mesa"
+else
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "7.9";
+  name = "mesa-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.freedesktop.org/pub/mesa/${version}/MesaLib-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1wr927mdghn7w1cmp0bxswjda5s2x0hwfpf8zcc9x03da7s6gkg0";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags =
+    "--disable-gallium"
+    + (if stdenv.system == "mips64-linux" then
+      " --with-dri-drivers=swrast --with-driver=dri" else "")
+    + (if stdenv.isDarwin then " --disable-egl" else "");
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ pkgconfig expat x11 libdrm xlibs.glproto
+      xlibs.libXxf86vm xlibs.libXfixes xlibs.libXdamage xlibs.dri2proto
+      lipo talloc python libxml2 libxml2Python
+    ];
+
+  passthru = { inherit libdrm; };
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "An open source implementation of OpenGL";
+    homepage = http://www.mesa3d.org/;
+    license = "bsd";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c6ba7bde4f76..ccb76748ffb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3741,6 +3741,10 @@ let
   mesa = callPackage ../development/libraries/mesa {
     lipo = if stdenv.isDarwin then darwinLipoUtility else null;
   };
+  mesa_7_9 = callPackage ../development/libraries/mesa/7.9.nix {
+    lipo = if stdenv.isDarwin then darwinLipoUtility else null;
+  };
+
 
   metaEnvironment = recurseIntoAttrs (let callPackage = newScope pkgs.metaEnvironment; in rec {
     sdfLibrary    = callPackage ../development/libraries/sdf-library { aterm = aterm28; };