diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
index b86fdd0290b..5ff10bf96f2 100644
--- a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/klibc/default.nix
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, kernel, perl, bison, flexWrapper}:
 
-assert stdenv.system == "i686-linux";
+assert stdenv.isLinux;
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "klibc-1.0";
+  name = "klibc-1.4";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = http://nix.cs.uu.nl/dist/tarballs/klibc-1.0.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "daaa233fb7905cbe110896fcad9bec7f";
+    url = http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/klibc/klibc-1.4.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "f4e0e17fc660e59c39e448fe1d827d36";
   };
   inherit kernel;
-  buildInputs = [perl bison flexWrapper];
-  patches = [./klibc-installpath.patch];
+#  buildInputs = [perl bison flexWrapper];
+#  patches = [./klibc-installpath.patch];
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/splashutils/default.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/splashutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..63b6a9a2132
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/splashutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "splashutils-1.3";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://dev.gentoo.org/~spock/projects/splashutils/archive/splashutils-1.3.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "c7c92b98e34b860511aa57bd29d62f76";
+  };
+  patches = [./no-fbsplash.patch];
+  
+  dontAddPrefix = 1;
+  configureFlags = "--without-ttf --without-png --without-fbsplash";
+
+  # Hack hack hack.
+  makeFlags = "KLCC=gcc";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Iobjs/jpeglib -Ilibs/jpeg-6b -Ilibs/freetype-2.1.9/include -Ilibs/libpng-1.2.8 -Ilibs/zlib-1.2.3";
+  NIX_CFLAGS_LINK = "-Lobjs/jpeglib -Lobjs/freetype2/.libs -Llibs/zlib-1.2.3 -Llibs/libpng-1.2.8";
+
+  installPhase = "ensureDir $out/bin; cp objs/splash_helper objs/splash_util objs/splash_util.static $out/bin";
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/splashutils/no-fbsplash.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/splashutils/no-fbsplash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c175280c889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/splashutils/no-fbsplash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+diff -rc splashutils-1.3-orig/Makefile splashutils-1.3/Makefile
+*** splashutils-1.3-orig/Makefile	2006-07-15 00:02:22.000000000 +0200
+--- splashutils-1.3/Makefile	2006-11-25 01:22:03.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 57,63 ****
+  PNGDEFS = -DPNG_NO_WRITE_TIME -DPNG_NO_FLOATING_POINT_SUPPORTED -DPNG_NO_WRITE_SUPPORTED -DPNG_NO_READ_iTXt \
+  		-DPNG_LEGACY_SUPPORTED -DPNG_NO_PROGRESSIVE_READ -DPNG_NO_MNG_FEATURES -DPNG_NO_CONSOLE_IO \
+  		-DPNG_NO_ERROR_NUMBERS -DPNG_READ_GRAY_TO_RGB_SUPPORTED -DPNG_READ_16_TO_8_SUPPORTED \
+! 		-DPNG_READ_STRIP_ALPHA_SUPPORTED -DPNG_NO_INFO_IMAGE -DPNG_NO_READ_TRANSFORMS -DPNG_NO_READ_ANCILLARY_CHUNKS
+  	  
+  K_LDLIBS = $(OBJDIR)/jpeglib/libjpeg.a
+  K_OBJS 	 = $(KOUT)/kernel.o $(KOUT)/dev.o $(KOUT)/parse.o $(KOUT)/render.o $(KOUT)/image.o \
+--- 57,63 ----
+  PNGDEFS = -DPNG_NO_WRITE_TIME -DPNG_NO_FLOATING_POINT_SUPPORTED -DPNG_NO_WRITE_SUPPORTED -DPNG_NO_READ_iTXt \
+  		-DPNG_LEGACY_SUPPORTED -DPNG_NO_PROGRESSIVE_READ -DPNG_NO_MNG_FEATURES -DPNG_NO_CONSOLE_IO \
+  		-DPNG_NO_ERROR_NUMBERS -DPNG_READ_GRAY_TO_RGB_SUPPORTED -DPNG_READ_16_TO_8_SUPPORTED \
+! 		-DPNG_READ_STRIP_ALPHA_SUPPORTED -DPNG_NO_INFO_IMAGE -DPNG_NO_READ_ANCILLARY_CHUNKS
+  	  
+  K_LDLIBS = $(OBJDIR)/jpeglib/libjpeg.a
+  K_OBJS 	 = $(KOUT)/kernel.o $(KOUT)/dev.o $(KOUT)/parse.o $(KOUT)/render.o $(KOUT)/image.o \
+Only in splashutils-1.3/: Makefile~
+diff -rc splashutils-1.3-orig/splash.h splashutils-1.3/splash.h
+*** splashutils-1.3-orig/splash.h	2006-07-15 00:02:23.000000000 +0200
+--- splashutils-1.3/splash.h	2006-11-25 00:42:08.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 21,30 ****
+   */
+  #ifdef TARGET_KERNEL
+  	#include <linux/fb.h>
+! 	#include <linux/console_splash.h>
+  #else
+! 	#include <fb.h>
+! 	#include <console_splash.h>
+  #endif
+  
+  /*
+--- 21,30 ----
+   */
+  #ifdef TARGET_KERNEL
+  	#include <linux/fb.h>
+! //#include <linux/console_splash.h>
+  #else
+! 	#include <linux/fb.h>
+! //#include <console_splash.h>
+  #endif
+  
+  /*
+Only in splashutils-1.3/: splash.h~
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 64b318948f9..8c303413f6e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2181,6 +2181,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  splashutils = import ../os-specific/linux/splashutils {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+  };
+
   squashfsTools = import ../os-specific/linux/squashfs {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv zlib;
   };