diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/mediastreamer/2.2.0-cvs20080207.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/mediastreamer/2.2.0-cvs20080207.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..221954aa3fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/mediastreamer/2.2.0-cvs20080207.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+args: with args;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "mediastreamer-" + version;
+
+# This url is not related to mediastreamer. fetchcvs doesn't work on my laptop,
+# so I've created cvs snapshot and put it to my server.
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://www.loegria.net/misc/" + name + ".tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "1nmvyqh4x3nsw4qbj754jwagj9ia183kvp8valdr7m44my0sw5p1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [automake];
+
+  preConfigure = "./autogen.sh";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 74f99062525..6d6add025c8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2387,9 +2387,10 @@ rec {
 	  inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+#failed to build
   mediastreamerFun = lib.sumArgs (selectVersion
-      ../development/libraries/mediastreamer "2.2.0cvs") {
-    inherit fetchcvs stdenv;
+      ../development/libraries/mediastreamer "2.2.0-cvs20080207") {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv automake;
   };
 
   mediastreamer = mediastreamerFun null;