diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
index 96647e2ac98c..c3c30350dd95 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/jdk/jdk6-linux.nix
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ assert swingSupport -> xlibs != null;
   /**
    * If jdk5 is added, make sure to use the original construct script.
    * This copy removes references to kinit, klist, ktab, which seem to be
-   * gone in jdk.
+   * gone in jdk6.
    */
   construct = ./jdk6-construct.sh;
   inherit installjdk;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdfjam/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdfjam/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a710bc120230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdfjam/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+tar zxvf $src
+
+ensureDir $out/bin
+cp pdfjam/scripts/* $out/bin
+
+ensureDir $out/man/man1
+cp pdfjam/man1/* $out/man/man1
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdfjam/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdfjam/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e9b46eaa985b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/pdfjam/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pdfjam-1.20";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam/pdfjam_1.20.tgz;
+    sha256 = "05g3mx7mb6h15ivbv0f53r369xphy8ad8a2xblpnk9mrnlrkaxy9";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3811ac94dc5e..dc4941fde20a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -460,6 +460,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
   };
 
+  pdfjam = import ../tools/typesetting/pdfjam {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   ploticus = import ../tools/graphics/ploticus {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib libpng;
     inherit (xlibs) libX11;