diff --git a/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/git.nix b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/git.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71421020d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/filesystems/ceph/git.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{ callPackage, fetchgit, git, ... } @ args:
+
+callPackage ./generic.nix (args // rec {
+  version = "2015-04-22";
+
+  src = fetchgit {
+    url = "git://github.com/ceph/ceph.git";
+    rev = "89262abc53e324f3ef4d504473a4f1d6eb337c20";
+    sha256 = "0d6hlk1nwgx9cdhvppggz6sbjc1jl8j26l9739qspw1sviac5lcb";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ git ];
+})
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 08ce7a8603f..0fd694e01b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -941,7 +941,8 @@ let
   ceph-0_80 = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/ceph/0.80.nix { };
   ceph-0_94 = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/ceph/0.94.nix { };
   ceph = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/ceph { };
-  ceph-dev = callPackage ../tools/filesystems/ceph/dev.nix { };
+  ceph-dev = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/filesystems/ceph/dev.nix { });
+  ceph-git = lowPrio (callPackage ../tools/filesystems/ceph/git.nix { });
 
   cfdg = builderDefsPackage ../tools/graphics/cfdg {
     inherit libpng bison flex ffmpeg;