diff --git a/pkgs/binutils/binutils-build.sh b/pkgs/binutils/binutils-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a89f10bce16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/binutils/binutils-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfj $src || exit 1
+cd binutils-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/binutils/binutils.fix b/pkgs/binutils/binutils.fix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..52749b492af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/binutils/binutils.fix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Package(
+  [ ("name", "binutils-2.14")
+
+  , ("build", Relative("binutils/binutils-build.sh"))
+
+  , ("src", Call(IncludeFix("fetchurl/fetchurl.fix"),
+      [ ("url", "ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.14.tar.bz2")
+      , ("md5", "2da8def15d28af3ec6af0982709ae90a")
+      ]))
+
+  , ("stdenv", IncludeFix("stdenv-linux/stdenv-nativetools.fix"))
+  ]
+)
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix b/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
index a3b05171806..1d7e472410b 100644
--- a/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv-linux/stdenv-generic.fix
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Function(["nativeTools"],
         , IncludeFix("diffutils/diffutils.fix")
         , IncludeFix("gzip/gzip.fix")
         , IncludeFix("gnumake/gnumake.fix")
+        , IncludeFix("binutils/binutils.fix")
         ]))
 
     , ("gcc", If(Var("nativeTools"), "", IncludeFix("gcc/gcc.fix")))