diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/0.8.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/0.8.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1ae47e0c8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lxc/0.8.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, libcap, perl, docbook2x, docbook_xml_dtd_45 }:
+
+let
+  name = "lxc-0.8.0-rc2";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation{
+  inherit name;
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "http://lxc.sf.net/download/lxc/${name}.tar.gz";
+    sha256 = "1f0ee0464507d26e494784e841b68c765ecd3abc5976012e226f69d1aa361bef";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ libcap perl docbook2x ];
+
+  patches = [
+   ./dont-run-ldconfig.patch
+   ./fix-documentation-build.patch
+   ./fix-sgml-documentation.patch
+  ];
+
+  preConfigure = "export XML_CATALOG_FILES=${docbook_xml_dtd_45}/xml/dtd/docbook/catalog.xml";
+
+  configureFlags = "--localstatedir=/var --disable-doc";
+
+  postInstall = ''
+    cd "$out/lib"
+    lib=liblxc.so.?.*
+    ln -s $lib $(echo $lib | sed -re 's/(liblxc[.]so[.].)[.].*/\1/')
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    homepage = "http://lxc.sourceforge.net";
+    description = "lightweight virtual system mechanism";
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.lgpl21Plus;
+
+    longDescription = ''
+      LXC is the userspace control package for Linux Containers, a
+      lightweight virtual system mechanism sometimes described as
+      "chroot on steroids". LXC builds up from chroot to implement
+      complete virtual systems, adding resource management and isolation
+      mechanisms to Linux’s existing process management infrastructure.
+    '';
+
+
+    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.simons ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ebff9fe70df..091af044457 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ let
   lshw = callPackage ../tools/system/lshw { };
 
   lxc = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/lxc { };
+  lxc_0_8 = callPackage ../applications/virtualization/lxc/0.8.nix { };
 
   lzma = xz;