diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2431082c79e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/sysstat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, gettext}:
+   
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "sysstat-7.1.1";
+   
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = file:///home/eelco/stuff/sysstat-7.1.1.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "1dmna652qj39z2cddasm5rj1wjngglima73pmfjqrzz254g0vx9w";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [gettext];
+
+  preConfigure = "
+    export PATH_CP=$(type -tp cp)
+    export PATH_CHKCONFIG=/no-such-program
+    makeFlagsArray=(SA_DIR=$out/var/log/sa SYSCONFIG_DIR=$out/etc CHOWN=true IGNORE_MAN_GROUP=y)
+  ";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 3973709b1ff8..6338b58d16ae 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2380,6 +2380,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv nasm perl;
   };
 
+  sysstat = import ../os-specific/linux/sysstat {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv gettext;
+  };
+
   sysvinit = import ../os-specific/linux/sysvinit {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };