diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/ralink/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/ralink/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..23513d2bf885
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/ralink/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{stdenv, fetchsvn }:
+
+# Upstream is http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ralink-fw-r17279";
+
+  src = fetchsvn {
+    url = svn://svn.debian.org/kernel/dists/trunk/firmware-nonfree/ralink;
+    rev = 17279;
+    sha256 = "06nc6w3xcrxzcai7gaf27k0v8k2xbq3imzpgc02rbxv5q5flxh65";
+  };
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+  
+  buildPhase = "true";
+
+  # Installation copies the firmware AND the license.  The license
+  # says: "Your rights to redistribute the Software shall be
+  # contingent upon your installation of this Agreement in its
+  # entirety in the same directory as the Software."
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out
+    cp $src/*.bin $out
+    cp $src/LICENSE $out/ralink.LICENSE
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "Firmware for the Ralink wireless cards";
+    homepage = http://www.ralinktech.com/;
+    license = "non-free";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 6b1d91432649..00c811badd47 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6027,6 +6027,8 @@ let
 
   rfkill = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/rfkill { };
 
+  ralink_fw = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/ralink { };
+
   rt2860fw = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/rt2860 { };
 
   rt2870fw = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/firmware/rt2870 { };