diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3afd3eb356cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cracklib/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cracklib-2.8.5";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/cracklib/cracklib-2.8.5.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "68674db41be7569099b7aa287719b248";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 95fa2875abfe..f535fef64699 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -968,6 +968,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libxml2 openssl;
   };
 
+  cracklib = (import ../development/libraries/cracklib) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   ### DEVELOPMENT / LIBRARIES / JAVA
 
   saxon = (import ../development/libraries/java/saxon) {