diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/configure.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..212840ee4064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- sysprof-1.0.10/configure	2008-04-28 01:41:25.000000000 +0200
++++ sysprof-1.0.10/configure	2008-06-07 15:40:07.000000000 +0200
+@@ -3342,14 +3342,6 @@ if test $kernel_module = "yes"; then
+      echo \*
+      exit 1
+   fi
+-
+-  if  ! test -f /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/Makefile  ; then
+-     echo \*
+-     echo \* Sysprof requires the kernel source code to be installed.
+-     echo \* On a Fedora Core system the relevant package is kernel-devel
+-     echo \*
+-     exit 1
+-  fi
+ fi
+ 
+ # Pkgconfig dependencies
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..397a6033d626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/profiling/sysprof/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, kernel, binutils
+, pkgconfig, gtk, glib, pango, libglade }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "sysprof-1.0.10";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.daimi.au.dk/~sandmann/sysprof/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1cdjnymd9nz72vcw6j0bbhb2ka19rjqd3scgx810a4m3qcai7irs";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ binutils pkgconfig gtk glib pango libglade ];
+
+  patches = [ ./configure.patch ];
+
+  preConfigure = ''
+    kernelVersion=$(cd "${kernel}/lib/modules" && echo *)
+    echo "assuming Linux kernel version \`$kernelVersion'"
+
+    sed -i "module/Makefile" \
+        -e"s|^[[:blank:]]*KDIR[[:blank:]]*:=.*$|KDIR := ${kernel}/lib/modules/$kernelVersion/build|g ;
+	   s|\$(KMAKE) modules_install|install sysprof-module.ko $out/share/sysprof/module|g ;
+	   s|\\[ -e /sbin/depmod.*$|true|g"
+
+    # XXX: We won't run `depmod' after installing the module.
+  '';
+
+  configureFlags = "--enable-kernel-module";
+
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p "$out/share/sysprof/module"
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://www.daimi.au.dk/~sandmann/sysprof/;
+    description = "Sysprof, a system-wide profiler for Linux";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      Sysprof is a sampling CPU profiler for Linux that uses a kernel
+      module to profile the entire system, not just a single
+      application.  Sysprof handles shared libraries and applications
+      do not need to be recompiled.  In fact they don't even have to
+      be restarted.
+    '';
+  };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 7d62b5f833db..0876ece56eca 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2246,6 +2246,12 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     javaSupport = true;
   }));
 
+  sysprof = import ../development/tools/profiling/sysprof {
+    kernel = kernel_2_6_23; # FIXME: Allow the choice of a kernel
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv binutils pkgconfig;
+    inherit (gnome) gtk glib pango libglade;
+  };
+
   texinfo49 = import ../development/tools/misc/texinfo/4.9.nix {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ncurses;
   };