diff --git a/pkgs/shells/tcsh/default.nix b/pkgs/shells/tcsh/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd374289d543
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/shells/tcsh/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "tcsh-6.14.00";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.gw.com/pub/unix/tcsh/tcsh-6.14.00.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "353d1bb7d2741bf8de602c7b6f0efd79";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ncurses];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 310b7ca48639..aaaaad40bfcf 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  tcsh = (import ../shells/tcsh) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
+  };
+
   #bashDiet = (import ../shells/bash-diet) {
   #  inherit fetchurl stdenv dietgcc;
   #};
@@ -1373,6 +1377,10 @@ rec {
 
   ### APPLICATIONS
 
+  #openoffice = (import ../applications/office/openoffice) {
+  #  inherit fetchurl stdenv tcsh;
+  #};
+
   cvs = (import ../applications/version-management/cvs) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv vim;
   };