diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/dev86/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/dev86/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..deb74a96e32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/dev86/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "dev86-0.16.17";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robert.debath/dev86/Dev86src-0.16.17.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "e7bbfdbe61c2fb964994a087e29b0087";
+  };
+
+  preBuild = "
+    makeFlags=\"PREFIX=$out\"
+  ";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Linux 8086 development environment";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 066eb8be7c6b..a65061c93ad3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -642,6 +642,10 @@ let
 
   ddrescue = builderDefsPackage (selectVersion ../tools/system/ddrescue "1.8") {};
 
+  dev86 = import ../development/compilers/dev86 {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   dnsmasq = import ../tools/networking/dnsmasq {
     # TODO i18n can be installed as well, implement it?
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;