diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/builder.sh b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d8d3b93e636
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+export LDFLAGS=-static
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51e5498af5b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "module-init-tools-3.2.2";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/module-init-tools/module-init-tools-3.2.2.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "a1ad0a09d3231673f70d631f3f5040e9";
+  };
+  patches = [./module-init-tools-static.patch];
+}
+
+
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/module-init-tools-static.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/module-init-tools-static.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d71bec39dcb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/module-init-tools-static/module-init-tools-static.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ruN module-init-tools-3.2.2/configure module-init-tools-3.2.2.new/configure
+--- module-init-tools-3.2.2/configure	2005-12-07 05:43:46.000000000 +0100
++++ module-init-tools-3.2.2.new/configure	2005-12-24 00:37:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -1741,7 +1741,7 @@
+ #define CONFIG_USE_ZLIB 1
+ _ACEOF
+ 
+-  zlib_flags="-Wl,-Bstatic -lz -Wl,-Bdynamic"
++  zlib_flags="-Wl,-Bstatic -lz"
+ fi
+ fi;
+