diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5e44de4eb2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/netcat/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "netcat-gnu-0.7.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://osdn.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/netcat/netcat-0.7.1.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "0a29eff1736ddb5effd0b1ec1f6fe0ef";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index dfac5092e15..34dd2be42c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -319,6 +319,10 @@ rec {
     inherit stdenv dhcp;
   };
 
+  netcat = (import ../tools/networking/netcat) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+  
 
   graphviz = (import ../tools/graphics/graphviz) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv libpng libjpeg expat x11 yacc libtool;