diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/iso-codes/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/iso-codes/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..836831594768
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/iso-codes/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gettext, python}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "iso-codes-3.5";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://pkg-isocodes.alioth.debian.org/pub/pkg-isocodes/iso-codes-3.5.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "2aac5f37a9ebb5af9c5d186ba1428f05ad779c7760e279cd8b86897a5d434807";
+  };
+  patchPhase = ''
+    for i in `find . -name \*.py`
+    do
+        sed -i -e "s|#!/usr/bin/env python|#!${python}/bin/python|" $i
+    done
+  '';
+  buildInputs = [ gettext ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 435e4f455458..7738ec584c89 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3242,6 +3242,10 @@ let
 
   intltool = gnome.intltool;
 
+  isocodes = import ../development/libraries/iso-codes {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl gettext python;
+  };
+
   jasper = import ../development/libraries/jasper {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip xlibs libjpeg;
   };