diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/builder.sh b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..096dd2a8ca75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+source "$stdenv/setup" || exit 1
+
+# XXX: Eventually we could consider building the PDF/PS files as well.
+
+echo "source is \`$src', report name is \`$reportName'"
+
+ensureDir "$out/share/info" &&					\
+makeinfo -o "$out/share/info/${reportName}.info" "$src"
+
+# XXX: HTML output is apparently broken.
+#ensureDir "$out/share/doc/${reportName}" &&			\
+#makeinfo -o "$out/share/doc/${reportName}/html" --html --force "$src"
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/common.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/common.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2775a36f3218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/common.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, texinfo, revision, sha256 }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "r${toString revision}rs";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/ftpdir/scm/${name}.txi";
+    inherit sha256;
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ texinfo ];
+
+  # Tell the builder about the name of the report.  
+  reportName = name;
+
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+
+  meta = {
+    description = ''Revised^${toString revision} Report on the
+                    Algorithmic Language Scheme'';
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      This package contains the GNU Info version of the
+      the ${toString revision}th revision of the Report on the
+      Algorithmic Language Scheme.
+    '';
+
+    homepage = http://swiss.csail.mit.edu/~jaffer/Scheme;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r3rs.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r3rs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..adaa03d3a684
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r3rs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+args: with args;
+
+((import ./common.nix)
+ (args //
+  { revision = 3;
+    sha256 = "0knrpkr74s8yn4xcqxkqpgxmzdmzrvahh1n1csqc1wwd2rb4vnpr"; }))
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r4rs.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r4rs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4f4442299173
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r4rs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+args: with args;
+
+((import ./common.nix)
+ (args //
+  { revision = 4;
+    sha256 = "02jgy0lvi5ymkdxwjasg50zl03zmyj8sgnfxxnjnbmif72c0k4p8"; }))
diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r5rs.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r5rs.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b53bbf551b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/rnrs/r5rs.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+args: with args;
+
+((import ./common.nix)
+ (args //
+  { revision = 5;
+    sha256 = "1s2wcslwcgb9j89vjn7qs63qlnsv1481jaw1sgg33fgbgk6a8wrk"; }))
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9a0dad788930..1bcfa0989f39 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4594,6 +4594,18 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  r3rs = import ../data/documentation/rnrs/r3rs.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv texinfo;
+  };
+
+  r4rs = import ../data/documentation/rnrs/r4rs.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv texinfo;
+  };
+
+  r5rs = import ../data/documentation/rnrs/r5rs.nix {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv texinfo;
+  };
+
   ttf_bitstream_vera = import ../data/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };