diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/builder.sh b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7069c68a98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+ 
+tar zxvf $src
+mkdir $out
+cp -a curl-7.12.0/* $out
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/curl-7.12.0-static.tar.gz b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/curl-7.12.0-static.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba079ffa8c9
Binary files /dev/null and b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/curl-7.12.0-static.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/default.nix b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a68f371b061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/stdenv/nix-linux-static/curl-static/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{stdenv}:
+ 
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "curl-static-7.12.0";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = ./curl-7.12.0-static.tar.gz;
+}