diff --git a/pkgs/tools/hddtemp/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/hddtemp/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0bb51287474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/hddtemp/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "hddtemp-0.3-beta15";
+
+  db = args.fetchurl{
+              url = http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/hddtemp/hddtemp.db;
+              sha256 = "1fr6qgns6qv7cr40lic5yqwkkc7yjmmgx8j0z6d93csg3smzhhya";
+       };
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+            url = http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/hddtemp/hddtemp-0.3-beta15.tar.bz2;
+            sha256 = "0nzgg4nl8zm9023wp4dg007z6x3ir60rwbcapr9ks2al81c431b1";
+  };
+
+  configurePhase = "
+    ensureDir \$out/nix-support
+    cp \$db \$out/nix-support/hddtemp.db
+    ./configure --prefix=\$out --with-db-path=\$out/nix-support/hddtemp.db
+  "; 
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; []);
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "shows the harddisk temperature";
+      homepage = https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/hddtemp/;
+      license = "GPL2";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 15846ccd10b..83bbf550e49 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -543,6 +543,10 @@ rec {
       inherit fetchurl stdenv;
     });
 
+  hddtemp = import ../tools/hddtemp {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   hevea = import ../tools/typesetting/hevea {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv ocaml;
   };
@@ -4531,6 +4535,25 @@ rec {
     inherit (xlibs) libXmu libXext;
   };
 
+  # doesn't compile yet - in case someone else want's to continue .. 
+  /*
+  qgis_svn = import ../applications/misc/qgis_svn {
+    lib = lib_unstable;
+    inherit mkDerivationByConfiguration fetchsvn flex
+            ncurses fetchurl perl cmake gdal geos proj x11
+            gsl libpng zlib
+            sqlite glibc fontconfig freetype;
+    inherit (xlibs) libSM libXcursor libXinerama libXrandr libXrender;
+    inherit (xorg) libICE;
+    stdenv = stdenvUsingSetupNew2;
+    qt = qt4;
+    bison = bison23;
+
+    # optional features
+    # grass = "not yet supported" # cmake -D WITH_GRASS=TRUE  and GRASS_PREFX=..
+  };
+  */
+
   zapping = import ../applications/video/zapping {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl python 
             gettext zvbi libjpeg libpng x11