diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libatasmart/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libatasmart/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..86dffde4b557
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/libatasmart/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, udev }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "libatasmart-0.17";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://0pointer.de/public/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1zazxnqsirlv9gkzij6z31b21gv2nv7gkpja0wpxwb7kfh9a2qid";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig udev ];
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://0pointer.de/public/;
+    description = "Library for querying ATA SMART status";
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
index 9a2dc2d28ace..ae4b962715c9 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lvm2/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, udev }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, udev }:
 
 let
-  v = "2.02.65";
+  v = "2.02.86";
 in
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/lvm2/old/LVM2.${v}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "1lbskrj4pxbipq8f0qhql3p1nqa796v4i1cy6n2fmmbs3fwmfh9a";
+    sha256 = "0bam8ampdqn4xx2agrvh5vn4xdi0gb9lmfsm31fm302y52jsyz2m";
   };
   
-  configureFlags = "--disable-readline --enable-udev_rules --enable-udev_sync";
+  configureFlags =
+    "--disable-readline --enable-udev_rules --enable-udev_sync --enable-pkgconfig --enable-applib";
 
-  buildInputs = [ udev ];
+  buildInputs = [ pkgconfig udev ];
   
   # To prevent make install from failing.
   preInstall = "installFlags=\"OWNER= GROUP= confdir=$out/etc\"";
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a454003869db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/udisks/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, sg3_utils, udev, glib, dbus, dbus_glib
+, polkit, parted, lvm2, libatasmart, intltool, libuuid, mdadm
+, libxslt, docbook_xsl, utillinux }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "udisks-1.0.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://hal.freedesktop.org/releases/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0jwavs2ag0cv46517j17943s16a8fw2lqk4k3cljgivh5aswwnyr";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =
+    [ pkgconfig sg3_utils udev glib dbus dbus_glib polkit parted
+      lvm2 libatasmart intltool libuuid libxslt docbook_xsl
+    ];
+
+  configureFlags = "--localstatedir=/var";
+
+  preConfigure =
+    ''
+      # Ensure that udisks can find the necessary programs.
+      substituteInPlace src/main.c --replace \
+        "/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin" \
+        "${utillinux}/bin:${mdadm}/sbin:/var/run/current-system/sw/bin:/var/run/current-system/sw/sbin"
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/udisks;
+    description = "A daemon and command-line utility for querying and manipulating storage devices";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/system/sg3_utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/system/sg3_utils/default.nix
index a87ba0d0a075..e2fa8eacc914 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/system/sg3_utils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/system/sg3_utils/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "sg3_utils-1.29";
+  name = "sg3_utils-1.31";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/${name}.tgz";
-    sha256 = "0d1vlijp9y4n3c0sm0zzba38ad87b5v6nh3prgd8sfwvy79720fi";
+    sha256 = "190hhkhl096fxkspkr93lrq1n79xz5c5i2n4n4g998qc3yv3hjyq";
   };
 
   meta = {
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 234d258b3e43..5d1c1cb2cc54 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5019,6 +5019,8 @@ let
 
   libaio = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libaio { };
 
+  libatasmart = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libatasmart { };
+  
   libcgroup = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libcg { };
 
   libnl = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/libnl { };
@@ -5688,6 +5690,8 @@ let
   udev172 = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/udev/172.nix { };
   udev = udev172;
 
+  udisks = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/udisks { };
+  
   uml = import ../os-specific/linux/kernel/linux-2.6.29.nix {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv perl mktemp module_init_tools;
     userModeLinux = true;