diff --git a/pkgs/tools/graphics/barcode/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/graphics/barcode/default.nix
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+x@{builderDefsPackage
+  , ...}:
+builderDefsPackage
+(a :  
+let 
+  helperArgNames = ["stdenv" "fetchurl" "builderDefsPackage"] ++ 
+    [];
+
+  buildInputs = map (n: builtins.getAttr n x)
+    (builtins.attrNames (builtins.removeAttrs x helperArgNames));
+  sourceInfo = rec {
+    version="0.98";
+    baseName="barcode";
+    name="${baseName}-${version}";
+    # mirror://gnu/ doesn't work for this package
+    url="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/${baseName}/${name}.tar.gz";
+    hash="0ddn17a6hz817bchgjxrjg76v64kzl5zlll8x73ply5rg69f2aa2";
+  };
+in
+rec {
+  src = a.fetchurl {
+    url = sourceInfo.url;
+    sha256 = sourceInfo.hash;
+  };
+
+  inherit (sourceInfo) name version;
+  inherit buildInputs;
+
+  /* doConfigure should be removed if not needed */
+  phaseNames = ["doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+      
+  meta = {
+    description = "GNU barcode generator";
+    maintainers = with a.lib.maintainers;
+    [
+      raskin
+    ];
+    platforms = with a.lib.platforms;
+      all;
+  };
+  passthru = {
+    updateInfo = {
+      downloadPage = "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/barcode/";
+    };
+  };
+}) x
+