diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-new.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-new.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b8e3596e7943
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-new.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, m4}:
+
+assert !isNull m4;
+
+derivation {
+  name = "bison-1.875c";
+  system = stdenv.system;
+  builder = ./builder-new.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://alpha.gnu.org/pub/gnu/bison/bison-1.875c.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "bba317725fc84013b9d0a6b2576dfaa7";
+  };
+  stdenv = stdenv;
+  m4 = m4;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/builder-new.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/builder-new.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..42c191e3544e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/builder-new.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+buildinputs="$m4"
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd bison-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index f18aba276fb2..a582e1e8f5ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -203,6 +203,12 @@
     m4 = gnum4;
   };
 
+  bisonnew = (import ../development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-new.nix) {
+    fetchurl = fetchurl;
+    stdenv = stdenv;
+    m4 = gnum4;
+  };
+
   flex = (import ../development/tools/parsing/flex) {
     fetchurl = fetchurl;
     stdenv = stdenv;
diff --git a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
index b4aa946109cb..e37dba6661af 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/populate-cache.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ let {
     [ pkgs.zip
       pkgs.unzip
       pkgs.valgrind
+      pkgs.bisonnew
       pkgs.flexnew
       pkgs.par2cmdline
       pkgs.cksfv