diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2-add-pkgconfig.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2-add-pkgconfig.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca89685a458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2-add-pkgconfig.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- a/tinyxml.pc	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ b/tinyxml.pc	2012-12-29 08:52:07.512266072 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
++prefix=@out@
++exec_prefix=${prefix}
++libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
++includedir=${prefix}/include
++
++Name: TinyXML
++Description: A simple, small, C++ XML parser
++Version: @version@
++Libs: -L${libdir} -ltinyxml
++Cflags: -I${includedir}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2-entity.patch b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2-entity.patch
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..3164261291b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2-entity.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+? entity.patch
+Index: a/tinyxml.cpp
+===================================================================
+RCS file: b/tinyxml.cpp,v
+retrieving revision 1.105
+diff -u -r1.105 a/tinyxml.cpp
+--- tinyxml.cpp	5 Jun 2010 19:06:57 -0000	1.105
++++ tinyxml.cpp	19 Jul 2010 21:24:16 -0000
+@@ -57,30 +57,7 @@
+ 	{
+ 		unsigned char c = (unsigned char) str[i];
+ 
+-		if (    c == '&' 
+-		     && i < ( (int)str.length() - 2 )
+-			 && str[i+1] == '#'
+-			 && str[i+2] == 'x' )
+-		{
+-			// Hexadecimal character reference.
+-			// Pass through unchanged.
+-			// &#xA9;	-- copyright symbol, for example.
+-			//
+-			// The -1 is a bug fix from Rob Laveaux. It keeps
+-			// an overflow from happening if there is no ';'.
+-			// There are actually 2 ways to exit this loop -
+-			// while fails (error case) and break (semicolon found).
+-			// However, there is no mechanism (currently) for
+-			// this function to return an error.
+-			while ( i<(int)str.length()-1 )
+-			{
+-				outString->append( str.c_str() + i, 1 );
+-				++i;
+-				if ( str[i] == ';' )
+-					break;
+-			}
+-		}
+-		else if ( c == '&' )
++		if ( c == '&' )
+ 		{
+ 			outString->append( entity[0].str, entity[0].strLength );
+ 			++i;
+Index: a/xmltest.cpp
+===================================================================
+RCS file: b/xmltest.cpp,v
+retrieving revision 1.89
+diff -u -r1.89 a/xmltest.cpp
+--- xmltest.cpp	5 Jun 2010 17:41:52 -0000	1.89
++++ xmltest.cpp	19 Jul 2010 21:24:16 -0000
+@@ -1340,6 +1340,16 @@
+ 		}*/
+ 	}
+ 
++	#ifdef TIXML_USE_STL
++	{
++		TiXmlDocument xml;
++		xml.Parse("<foo>foo&amp;#xa+bar</foo>");
++		std::string str;
++		str << xml;
++		XmlTest( "Entity escaping", "<foo>foo&amp;#xa+bar</foo>", str.c_str() );
++	}
++	#endif
++
+ 	/*  1417717 experiment
+ 	{
+ 		TiXmlDocument xml;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8770859817c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, unzip }:
+
+let
+  version = "2.6.2";
+in stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "tinyxml-${version}";
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/tinyxml/tinyxml/${version}/tinyxml_2_6_2.zip";
+    sha256 = "04nmw6im2d1xp12yir8va93xns5iz816pwi25n9cql3g3i8bjsxc";
+  };
+  
+  patches = [
+    # add pkgconfig file
+    ./2.6.2-add-pkgconfig.patch
+    
+    # http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3031828&group_id=13559&atid=313559
+    ./2.6.2-entity.patch
+  ];
+  
+  buildInputs = [ unzip ];
+  buildPhase = ''
+    # build xmltest
+    make
+    
+    # build the lib as a shared library
+    g++ -Wall -O2 -shared -fpic tinyxml.cpp \
+    tinyxmlerror.cpp tinyxmlparser.cpp      \
+    tinystr.cpp -o libtinyxml.so
+  '';
+  
+  doCheck = true;
+  checkPhase = ''
+    ./xmltest
+    result=$?
+    if [[ $result != 0 ]] ; then
+      exit $result
+    fi
+  '';
+  
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -pv $out/include/
+    mkdir -pv $out/lib/pkgconfig/
+    mkdir -pv $out/share/doc/tinyxml/
+    
+    cp -v libtinyxml.so $out/lib/
+    cp -v *.h $out/include/
+    
+    substituteInPlace tinyxml.pc --replace "@out@" "$out"
+    substituteInPlace tinyxml.pc --replace "@version@" "${version}"
+    cp -v tinyxml.pc $out/lib/pkgconfig/
+    
+    cp -v docs/* $out/share/doc/tinyxml/
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "TinyXML is a simple, small, C++ XML parser that can be easily integrating into other programs.";
+    homepage = "http://www.grinninglizard.com/tinyxml/index.html";
+    license = "free-non-copyleft";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index b9f07bd4100..0fdb8a7a315 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4996,6 +4996,10 @@ let
 
   telepathy_qt = callPackage ../development/libraries/telepathy/qt { };
 
+  tinyxml = tinyxml2;
+  
+  tinyxml2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/tinyxml/2.6.2.nix { };
+
   tk = callPackage ../development/libraries/tk { };
 
   tnt = callPackage ../development/libraries/tnt { };