diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d38440648e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd567a48cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/security/gnupg/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "gnupg-1.4.0";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/debian/pool/main/g/gnupg/gnupg_1.4.0.orig.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "74e407a8dcb09866555f79ae797555da";
+  };
+}