diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v86d/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v86d/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8924f91c57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/v86d/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, klibc, kernel, withKlibc ? true}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "v86d-0.1.10";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/archive/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "0p3kwqjis941pns9948dxfnjnl5lwd8f2b6x794whs7g32p68jb3";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = stdenv.lib.optional withKlibc klibc;
+
+  configurePhase = ''
+    bash ./configure $configureFlags
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = if withKlibc then [ "--with-klibc" ] else [ "--default" ];
+
+  makeFlags = [
+    "KDIR=${kernel}/lib/modules/${kernel.modDirVersion}/source"
+    "DESTDIR=$(out)"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A userspace helper that runs x86 code in an emulated environment";
+    homepage = http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/uvesafb/;
+    license = "BSD";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.shlevy ];
+    platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0815f39f19db..1cf5ed273873 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5775,6 +5775,8 @@ let
       inherit (gnome) gtkmm libglademm;
     };
 
+    v86d = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/v86d { };
+
     virtualbox = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/virtualbox {
       stdenv = stdenv_32bit;
       inherit (gnome) libIDL;