diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.1.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.1.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfeb6f53afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/parsing/bison/bison-2.1.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, m4}:
+
+assert m4 != null;
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "bison-2.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/bison/bison-2.1.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "ef3110077462b1140b2ae612626e8486";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [m4];
+} // {
+  glrSupport = true;
+}