diff --git a/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix b/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
index d4c08515545a..021fdf91b108 100644
--- a/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
+++ b/pkgs/lib/maintainers.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   bjg = "Brian Gough <bjg@gnu.org>";
   bluescreen303 = "Mathijs Kwik <mathijs@bluescreen303.nl>";
   chaoflow = "Florian Friesdorf <flo@chaoflow.net>";
+  coconnor = "Corey O'Connor <coreyoconnor@gmail.com>";
   eelco = "Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>";
   goibhniu = "Cillian de Róiste <cillian.deroiste@gmail.com>";
   guibert = "David Guibert <david.guibert@gmail.com>";
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36ce54b53ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/servers/memcached/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, cyrus_sasl, libevent}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "memcached-1.4.13";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://memcached.googlecode.com/files/memcached-1.4.13.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0abyy9agjinac56bb1881j3qs6xny7r12slh4wihv2apma3qn2yb";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [cyrus_sasl libevent];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "A distributed memory object caching system";
+    homepage = http://memcached.org/;
+    license = "bsd";
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.coconnor ];
+  };
+}
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 51c540deb1dc..a117703bfe1c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5100,6 +5100,8 @@ let
     ffmpeg = ffmpeg_0_6_90;
   };
 
+  memcached = callPackage ../servers/memcached {};
+
   mod_python = callPackage ../servers/http/apache-modules/mod_python { };
 
   mod_fastcgi = callPackage ../servers/http/apache-modules/mod_fastcgi { };