diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/builder.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dfb99edabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+source $visualcpp/setup
+
+ensureDir $out/bin
+cl "$(cygpath -w $src)" /Fe"$(cygpath -w $out/bin/hello.exe)" user32.lib
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca7bafab59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, visualcpp}:
+
+assert stdenv.system == "i686-cygwin";
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "win32-hello";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = ./hello.c;
+  inherit visualcpp;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/hello.c b/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/hello.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7c96d6441a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/visual-c++/test/hello.c
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#include <windows.h>
+int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine,
+                   int nCmdShow)
+{
+    MessageBox(NULL, "Hello World!", "Nix", MB_OK);
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index e449ec70215..81980378a2a 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -832,6 +832,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  win32hello = import ../development/compilers/visual-c++/test {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv visualcpp;
+  };
+
 
   ### DEVELOPMENT / DEBUGGERS