diff --git a/pkgs/applications/audio/lame/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/audio/lame/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d995dc8222ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/audio/lame/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "lame-3.96.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/lame/lame-3.96.1.tar.gz ;
+    md5 = "e1206c46a5e276feca11a7149e2fc6ac" ;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index b9187fc5c4d2..e5592d023ed8 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -874,6 +874,9 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libogg;
   };
 
+  lame = (import ../applications/audio/lame) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ;
+  };
 
   MPlayer = (import ../applications/video/MPlayer) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv freetype x11 zlib;