diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ae8165638d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, perl, ncurses, yacc}:
+
+let
+  pname = "krb5";
+  version = "1.6.3";
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  webpage = http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/;
+in
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
+  inherit name;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "${webpage}/dist/krb5/1.6/${name}-signed.tar";
+    sha256 = "7a1bd7d4bd326828c8ee382ed2b69ccd6c58762601df897d6a32169d84583d2a";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ perl ncurses yacc ];
+
+  unpackPhase = ''
+    tar -xf $src
+    tar -xzf ${name}.tar.gz
+    cd ${name}/src
+  '';
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "MIT Kerberos 5";
+      homepage = webpage;
+      license = "MPL";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 53ed115e2b20..82b75c33c29d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3731,6 +3731,10 @@ let
     inherit stdenv fetchurl;
   };
 
+  krb5 = import ../development/libraries/kerberos/krb5.nix {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl perl ncurses yacc;
+  };
+
   lablgtk = import ../development/libraries/lablgtk {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ocaml pkgconfig;
     inherit (gtkLibs) gtk;