diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lm_sensors/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lm_sensors/default.nix
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+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/lm_sensors/default.nix
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+{stdenv, fetchurl, bison, flex, perl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "lm_sensors-3.0.2";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://dl.lm-sensors.org/lm-sensors/releases/lm_sensors-3.0.2.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "0msvgjbj63maibip9y8xcjm55y7crc37lbzdff5x5pk1hqpgqq8l";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [bison flex perl];
+
+  preBuild = ''
+    makeFlagsArray=(PREFIX=$out ETCDIR=$out/etc)
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.lm-sensors.org/;
+    description = "Tools for reading hardware sensors";
+  };
+}