diff --git a/pkgs/gnugrep/gnugrep-build.sh b/pkgs/gnugrep/gnugrep-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..9f2607b7d016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/gnugrep/gnugrep-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+envpkgs="$pcre"
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd grep-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/gnugrep/gnugrep.fix b/pkgs/gnugrep/gnugrep.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b7de64e0590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/gnugrep/gnugrep.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Package(
+  [ ("name", "gnugrep-2.5.1")
+
+  , ("build", Relative("gnugrep/gnugrep-build.sh"))
+
+  , ("src", Call(IncludeFix("fetchurl/fetchurl.fix"),
+      [ ("url", "ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/grep/grep-2.5.1.tar.bz2")
+      , ("md5", "ddd99e2d5d4f4611357e31e97f080cf2")
+      ]))
+
+  , ("stdenv", IncludeFix("stdenv-linux/stdenv-nativetools.fix"))
+  , ("pcre", IncludeFix("pcre/pcre.fix"))
+  ]
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/pcre/pcre-build.sh b/pkgs/pcre/pcre-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..dea883667fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/pcre/pcre-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd pcre-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/pcre/pcre.fix b/pkgs/pcre/pcre.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..833151351d07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/pcre/pcre.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Package(
+  [ ("name", "pcre-4.3")
+
+  , ("build", Relative("pcre/pcre-build.sh"))
+
+  , ("src", Call(IncludeFix("fetchurl/fetchurl.fix"),
+      [ ("url", "ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-4.3.tar.bz2")
+      , ("md5", "7bc7d5b590a41e6f9ede30f272002a02")
+      ]))
+
+  , ("stdenv", IncludeFix("stdenv-linux/stdenv-nativetools.fix"))
+  ]
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix b/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
index d212ed1a0523..113ad58ba1e2 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Function(["nativeTools"],
         [],
         [ IncludeFix("coreutils/coreutils.fix")
         , IncludeFix("gnused/gnused.fix")
+        , IncludeFix("gnugrep/gnugrep.fix")
         , IncludeFix("gnutar/gnutar.fix")
         , IncludeFix("gzip/gzip.fix")
         ]))