diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ea9ff646de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+source $stdenv/setup.sh
+
+postInstall=postInstall
+postInstall() {
+    ln -sf gzip $out/bin/gunzip
+    ln -sf gzip $out/bin/zcat
+}
+
+genericBuilder
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
index ec572f8a3d1..735fd10fd7b 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/compression/gzip/default.nix
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/gzip-1.3.3.tar.gz;
     md5 = "52eaf713673507d21f7abefee98ba662";
   };
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
 }