diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9bbca8ddfa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/sync/rsync/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "rsync-2.6.6";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://rsync.samba.org/ftp/rsync/rsync-2.6.6.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "30c4e2849cbeae93f55548453865c2f2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 93016ea33045..34c9fb4951ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1634,6 +1634,10 @@ rec {
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib gtk;
   };
 
+  rsync = (import ../applications/networking/sync/rsync) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   cdparanoiaIII = (import ../applications/audio/cdparanoia) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };