diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/builder.sh b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bd5a302fcb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+postInstall=postInstall
+postInstall() {
+    for i in $fonts; do
+        (cd $out/share/ghostscript && tar xvfz $i)
+    done
+}
+
+genericBuild
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..588efb0f774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/ghostscript/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, libjpeg, libpng, zlib}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ghostscript-8.15";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/GPL/gs815/ghostscript-8.15.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "ab8502f30629b730e0c9ca56b88a6b9d";
+  };
+
+  fonts = [
+    (fetchurl {
+      url = ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/GPL/gs815/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz;
+      md5 = "6865682b095f8c4500c54b285ff05ef6";
+    })
+    # ... add other fonts here
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [libjpeg libpng zlib];
+
+  configureFlags = "--without-x";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index 32c1c23e94f..dba69ab661b 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -1293,6 +1293,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv flex bison zlib libpng ncurses ed;
   };
 
+  ghostscript = (import ../misc/ghostscript) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv libjpeg libpng zlib;
+  };
+
   nix = (import ../misc/nix) {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv aterm perl;
     curl = bootCurl; /* !!! ugly */