diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index b57d56e0a3f..31de45bb431 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@
     stdenv = stdenv;
   };
 
+  par2cmdline = (import ../tools/networking/par2cmdline) {
+    fetchurl = fetchurl;
+    stdenv = stdenv;
+  };
+
   graphviz = (import ../tools/graphics/graphviz) {
     fetchurl = fetchurl;
     stdenv = stdenv;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/par2cmdline/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/networking/par2cmdline/builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..60aac555e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/par2cmdline/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+. $stdenv/setup || exit 1
+
+tar xvfz $src || exit 1
+cd par2cmdline-* || exit 1
+./configure --prefix=$out || exit 1
+make || exit 1
+make install || exit 1
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/par2cmdline/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/par2cmdline/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..488ad88a0d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/par2cmdline/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}: derivation {
+  name = "par2cmdline-0.3";
+  system = stdenv.system;
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/parchive/par2cmdline-0.3.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "705c97bc41b862d281dd41c219a60849";
+  };
+  stdenv = stdenv;
+}