diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/ncbi-tools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/ncbi-tools/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..78a2d683f2a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/biology/ncbi-tools/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, cpio}:
+
+# Note: may need the C-libs at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools++/2008/Mar_17_2008/NCBI_C_Toolkit/ncbi_c--Mar_17_2008.tar.gz (or split out?)
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "ncbi_cxx";
+  ncbi_version = "Mar_17_2008";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/toolbox/ncbi_tools++/2008/${ncbi_version}/ncbi_cxx--${ncbi_version}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "0mxbmz6gndallz8l5jdslq6illa3hgf31xi2yb984mqm9in485as";
+  };
+
+  configureFlags = "--without-debug --with-bin-release --with-dll --without-static";
+  buildInputs = [cpio];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = ''NCBI Bioinformatics toolbox'';
+    homepage = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/IEB/ToolBox/; 
+    license = "GPL";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4b7fdd5a6125..76d20d48ab69 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6814,6 +6814,10 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv readline;
   };
 
+  ncbi_tools = import ../development/libraries/science/biology/ncbi-tools {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv cpio;
+  };
+
   paml = import ../applications/science/biology/paml {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };