diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/builder.sh b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cb01b4e35299
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+configureFlags="--x-includes=$libX11/include --x-libraries=$libX11/lib"
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..239c1a186a7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/xpdf/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libX11}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "xpdf-3.01";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.foolabs.com/pub/xpdf/xpdf-3.01.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "e004c69c7dddef165d768b1362b44268";
+  };
+  inherit libX11;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 34c9fb4951ce..f8f406a0482d 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1753,6 +1753,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv wxGTK chmlib;
   };
 
+  xpdf = (import ../applications/misc/xpdf) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit (xlibs) libX11;
+  };
+
   acroread = (import ../applications/misc/acrobat-reader) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
     inherit (xlibs) libXt libXp libXext libX11 libXinerama;