diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/1.0.x.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/1.0.x.nix
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/1.0.x.nix
similarity index 94%
rename from pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
rename to pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/1.0.x.nix
index 5e902f74fff..ea49c3cbd9e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/xapian/bindings/1.0.x.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ composableDerivation, fetchurl, xapian, pkgconfig
+{ stdenv, composableDerivation, fetchurl, xapian10, pkgconfig
 , python ? null, php ? null, ruby ? null }:
 
 let inherit (composableDerivation) wwf; in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} rec {
     sha256 = "6028123c3cd9bfc380b672b89f5420f7d5c063fc3511dee4dd5d34033ccb6911";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ xapian pkgconfig ];
+  buildInputs = [ xapian10 pkgconfig ];
 
   # most interpreters aren't tested yet.. (see python for example how to do it)
   flags =
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ composableDerivation.composableDerivation {} rec {
 
   meta = { 
     description = "Bindings for the Xapian library";
-    homepage = xapian.meta.homepage;
+    homepage = xapian10.meta.homepage;
     license = "GPL";
     maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.chaoflow ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ac87fe850bd..945326b3ac8 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -4316,9 +4316,9 @@ let
 
   x264 = callPackage ../development/libraries/x264 { };
 
-  xapian = callPackage ../development/libraries/xapian { };
+  xapian10 = callPackage ../development/libraries/xapian/1.0.x.nix { };
 
-  xapianBindings = callPackage ../development/libraries/xapian/bindings {  # TODO perl php Java, tcl, C#, python
+  xapianBindings10 = callPackage ../development/libraries/xapian/bindings/1.0.x.nix {  # TODO perl php Java, tcl, C#, python
   };
 
   Xaw3d = callPackage ../development/libraries/Xaw3d { };