diff --git a/pkgs/data/documentation/std-man-pages/default.nix b/pkgs/data/documentation/std-man-pages/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a86e4b4ce177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/documentation/std-man-pages/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "std-man-pages-4.2.2";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    # We could use a list of mirrors for gcc.gnu.org
+    url = ftp://ftp.irisa.fr/pub/mirrors/gcc.gnu.org/gcc/libstdc++/doxygen/libstdc++-man-4.2.2.tar.bz2;
+    sha256 = "1572a5hlrj50gk03aardlrhhila0yjlvhqszl424297ga4g95mk2";
+  };
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    ensureDir $out/share/man
+    cp -R * $out/share/man
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "C++ STD manual pages";
+    homepage = http://gcc.gnu.org/;
+    license = "GPL/LGPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ff4742ba6e7d..56db260cffc4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7579,6 +7579,10 @@ let
     inherit (gtkLibs) glib;
   };
 
+  stdmanpages = import ../data/documentation/std-man-pages {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   iana_etc = import ../data/misc/iana-etc {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };