diff --git a/pkgs/tools/networking/openresolv/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/networking/openresolv/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b2831fd4d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/networking/openresolv/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "openresolv-3.4.6";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://roy.marples.name/downloads/openresolv/${name}.tar.bz2";
+    sha256 = "026z4973b0vqp5acr6mn5fyxyc84y4ahg1f8fddh8dph86jcnhba";
+  };
+
+  configurePhase =
+    ''
+      cat > config.mk <<EOF
+      PREFIX=$out
+      SYSCONFDIR=/etc
+      SBINDIR=$out/sbin
+      LIBEXECDIR=$out/libexec/resolvconf
+      VARDIR=/var/run/resolvconf
+      MANDIR=$out/share/man
+      RESTARTCMD="initctl restart \1"
+      EOF
+    '';
+
+  installFlags = "SYSCONFDIR=$(out)/etc";
+
+  meta = { 
+    description = "A program to manage /etc/resolv.conf";
+    homepage = http://roy.marples.name/projects/openresolv;
+    license = "bsd";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 655a5c94240..77556a2a8c1 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1130,6 +1130,8 @@ let
 
   openobex = callPackage ../tools/bluetooth/openobex { };
 
+  openresolv = callPackage ../tools/networking/openresolv { };
+
   opensc_0_11_7 = callPackage ../tools/security/opensc/0.11.7.nix { };
 
   opensc = opensc_0_11_7;