diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67ecfb7abc4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libsigsegv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "libsigsegv-2.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/libsigsegv/libsigsegv-2.1.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "6d75ca3fede5fbfd72a78bc918d9e174";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 59af7a58d157..e2cb162da043 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -475,6 +475,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
   };
 
+  libsigsegv = (import ../development/libraries/libsigsegv) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   popt = (import ../development/libraries/popt) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv gettext;
   };