diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/doclifter/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/doclifter/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6c80e6faf5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/doclifter/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, python}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "doclifter-2.15";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://www.catb.org/~esr/doclifter/doclifter-2.15.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "14k750bxp0kpnm130pp22vx3vmppfnzwisc042din1416ka07yv0";
+  };
+  buildInputs = [ python ];
+  
+  makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
+  
+  preInstall = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/bin
+    mkdir -p $out/share/man/man1
+    cp manlifter $out/bin
+    cp manlifter.1 $out/share/man/man1
+  '';
+  
+  meta = {
+    description = "Lift documents in nroff markups to XML-DocBook";
+    homepage = http://www.catb.org/esr/doclifter;
+    license = "BSD";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0a12d754954..2026141a7c0 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5280,6 +5280,8 @@ let
       binutils = binutils;
     };
 
+  doclifter = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/doclifter { };
+
   docutils = pythonPackages.docutils;
 
   doxygen = callPackage ../development/tools/documentation/doxygen {