diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nilfs-utils/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/nilfs-utils/default.nix
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@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , libuuid
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    version = "2.0.19";
+    url = "http://www.nilfs.org/download/nilfs-utils-${version}.tar.bz2";
+    hash = "0q9cb6ny0ah1s9rz1rgqka1pxdm3xvg0ywcqyhzcz4yhamfhg100";
+    baseName = "nilfs-utils";
+    name = "${baseName}-${version}";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doFixPaths" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+
+  doFixPaths = a.fullDepEntry (''
+    sed -e '/sysconfdir=\/etc/d; /sbindir=\/sbin/d' -i configure
+  '') ["doUnpack" "minInit"];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "NILFS utilities";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      linux;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "http://www.nilfs.org/download/?C=M;O=D";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+