diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/zd1211/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/zd1211/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76c437a0c289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/firmware/zd1211/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+args: with args;
+stdenv.mkDerivation ( rec {
+  pname = "zd1211-firmware";
+  version = "1.4";
+
+  name = "${pname}-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/zd1211/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "866308f6f59f7075f075d4959dff2ede47735c751251fecd1496df1ba4d338e1";
+  };
+  
+  buildPhase = "true";
+
+  installPhase = "ensureDir $out; cp * $out";
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "Firmware for the ZyDAS ZD1211(b) 802.11a/b/g USB WLAN chip";
+    homepage = http://sourceforge.net/projects/zd1211/;
+    license = "GPL";
+  };
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c0fcdd5afb33..bf820f3e5f98 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4320,6 +4320,9 @@ rec {
     inherit stdenv xlibs expat libdrm;
   };
 
+  zd1211fw = import ../os-specific/linux/firmware/zd1211 {
+    inherit stdenv fetchurl;
+  };
 
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