diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mount-cifs/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mount-cifs/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8c901b77f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/mount-cifs/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "mount.cifs";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    name = "mount.cifs.c";
+    url = "http://websvn.samba.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/branches/SAMBA_3_0/source/client/mount.cifs.c?rev=6103";
+    sha256 = "19205gd3pv8g519hlbjaw559wqgf0h2vkln9xgqaqip2h446qarp";
+  };
+ 
+  buildCommand = ''
+    ensureDir $out/sbin
+    gcc -Wall $src -o $out/sbin/mount.cifs
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7458b44e4e2b..48a486d01ef5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5304,6 +5304,10 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  mount_cifs = import ../os-specific/linux/mount-cifs {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   aggregateModules = modules:
     import ../os-specific/linux/module-init-tools/aggregator.nix {
       inherit stdenv module_init_tools modules;