diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/2.3.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/2.3.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..622753e2303a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/parted/2.3.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, devicemapper, libuuid, gettext, readline
+, utillinuxng, xz, enableStatic ? false, hurd ? null }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "parted-2.3";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/parted/${name}.tar.xz";
+    sha256 = "0sabj81nawcjm8ww34lxg65ka8crv3w2ab4crh8ypw5agg681836";
+  };
+
+  buildNativeInputs = [ xz ];
+  buildInputs = [ libuuid ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (readline != null) readline
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (gettext != null) gettext
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (devicemapper != null) devicemapper
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (hurd != null) hurd;
+
+  configureFlags =
+       (if (readline != null)
+        then [ "--with-readline" ]
+        else [ "--without-readline" ])
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional (devicemapper == null) "--disable-device-mapper"
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optional enableStatic "--enable-static";
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  preCheck =
+    stdenv.lib.optionalString doCheck
+      # The `t0400-loop-clobber-infloop.sh' test wants `mkswap'.
+      "export PATH=\"${utillinuxng}/sbin:$PATH\"";
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNU Parted, a tool to create, destroy, resize, check, and copy partitions";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      GNU Parted is an industrial-strength package for creating, destroying,
+      resizing, checking and copying partitions, and the file systems on
+      them.  This is useful for creating space for new operating systems,
+      reorganising disk usage, copying data on hard disks and disk imaging.
+
+      It contains a library, libparted, and a command-line frontend, parted,
+      which also serves as a sample implementation and script backend.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/;
+    license = "GPLv3+";
+
+    maintainers = [
+      # Add your name here!
+      stdenv.lib.maintainers.ludo
+    ];
+
+    # GNU Parted requires libuuid, which is part of util-linux-ng.
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 35d2a29fec1e..bbe9afcfd3db 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1070,6 +1070,7 @@ let
   patchutils = callPackage ../tools/text/patchutils { };
 
   parted = callPackage ../tools/misc/parted { };
+  parted_2_3 = callPackage ../tools/misc/parted/2.3.nix { };
 
   hurdPartedCross =
     if crossSystem != null && crossSystem.config == "i586-pc-gnu"