diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.5.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d0a041cbf43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "patchelf-0.5pre15500";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://hydra.nixos.org/build/31016/download/1/patchelf-0.5pre15500.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "acc9acfc3756f8ec314b21efcd62d296ab2f74c057c2b715d3b13d521e24f5c5";
+  };
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://nixos.org/patchelf.html;
+    license = "GPL";
+    description = "A small utility to modify the dynamic linker and RPATH of ELF executables";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 1ccc672363ab..4fa7e9fcdb18 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2640,6 +2640,10 @@ let
       inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     });
 
+  patchelf05 = import ../development/tools/misc/patchelf/0.5.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   pmccabe = import ../development/tools/misc/pmccabe {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };