diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..4478233712bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+
+mkdir -p $out
+mv apache-ant-1.6.0/* $out || exit 1
+
+rm -rf $out/docs
+rm $out/*
+
+confpath=$out/etc/nixpaths.conf || exit 1
+sed "s^.etc.ant.conf^$confpath^g" $out/bin/ant > $out/bin/ant_temp || exit 1
+mv $out/bin/ant_temp $out/bin/ant || exit 1
+chmod u+xrw $out/bin/ant || exit 1
+chmod u+x $out/bin/* || exit 1
+echo "
+JAVA_HOME=$j2sdk
+ANT_HOME=$out
+" > $confpath || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52b5f9b524ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, j2sdk}: derivation {
+  name = "apache-ant-1.6.0";
+  system = stdenv.system;
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://dist.apache.easynet.nl/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.6.0-bin.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "01989c306da53862c101d9ea4ebb1f00";
+  };
+  stdenv = stdenv;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 85c67fc454ab..5eec9f232e06 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -240,6 +240,12 @@
     stdenv = stdenv;
   };
 
+  apacheant = (import ../development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant) {
+    fetchurl = fetchurl;
+    stdenv = stdenv;
+    j2sdk = j2sdk;
+  };
+
   pcre = (import ../development/libraries/pcre) {
     fetchurl = fetchurl;
     stdenv = stdenv;