diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/default.nix
index 0f0c798a2e2..8918ab00d62 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/default.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,29 @@ rec {
     };
     
 
+  findLhs2TeXIncludes =
+    { rootFile
+    }:
+
+    builtins.genericClosure {
+      startSet = [{key = rootFile;}];
+      
+      operator =
+        {key, ...}:
+
+        let
+
+          trace = x: builtins.trace x x;
+
+          deps = import (pkgs.runCommand "lhs2tex-includes"
+            { src = trace key; }
+            "${pkgs.stdenv.bash}/bin/bash ${./find-lhs2tex-includes.sh}");
+
+        in pkgs.lib.concatMap (x : if builtins.pathExists x then [{key = x;}]
+                                   else builtins.trace ("not found: ${toString x}") [])
+                              (map (x : trace "${dirOf key}/${x}") deps);
+    };
+
   dot2pdf =
     { dotGraph
     }:
@@ -103,6 +126,17 @@ rec {
       ];
     };
 
+  lhs2tex =
+    { source, flags ? null } :
+    pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+      name = "tex";
+      builder = ./lhs2tex.sh;
+      inherit source flags;
+      buildInputs = [ pkgs.lhs2tex pkgs.perl ];
+      copyIncludes = ./copy-includes.pl;
+      includes = map (x: [x.key (baseNameOf (toString x.key))])
+        (findLhs2TeXIncludes {rootFile = source;});
+    };
   
   animateDot = dotGraph: nrFrames: pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
     name = "dot-frames";
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/find-includes.pl b/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/find-includes.pl
index 99204b46750..6441f18855b 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/find-includes.pl
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/find-includes.pl
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ while (<FILE>) {
         my $fn2 = $1;
         die "absolute path! $fn2" if substr($fn2, 0, 1) eq "/";
         addName "tex", "$fn2";
+    } elsif (/\\input (.*)$/) {
+        my $fn2 = $1;
+        die "absolute path! $fn2" if substr($fn2, 0, 1) eq "/";
+        addName "tex", "$fn2";
+    } elsif (/\\RequirePackage(\[.*\])?\{(.*)\}/) {
+        my $fn2 = $2;
+        die "absolute path! $fn2" if substr($fn2, 0, 1) eq "/";
+        addName "misc", "$fn2.sty";
     } elsif (/\\usepackage(\[.*\])?\{(.*)\}/) {
         my $fn2 = $2;
         die "absolute path! $fn2" if substr($fn2, 0, 1) eq "/";
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/find-lhs2tex-includes.sh b/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/find-lhs2tex-includes.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2dc12aa517a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/find-lhs2tex-includes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+echo '[' > $out
+grep '^%include ' $src | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | sed 's/^\(.*\)$/"\1"/' >> $out
+echo ']' >> $out
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/lhs2tex.sh b/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/lhs2tex.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6edca4baf8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/tex/nix/lhs2tex.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+source $stdenv/setup
+
+ensureDir $out
+
+mkdir root
+cd root
+
+startDir=$(perl $copyIncludes $includes)
+cd $startDir
+
+lhstex() {
+    sourceFile=$1
+    targetName=$out/$(basename $(stripHash $sourceFile; echo $strippedName) .lhs).tex
+    echo "converting $sourceFile to $targetName..."
+    lhs2TeX -o "$targetName" $flags "$sourceFile"
+}
+
+lhstex $source
+
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index c43c88c0016..c4413557b14 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7871,6 +7871,7 @@ let
 
   texFunctions = import ../misc/tex/nix {
     inherit stdenv perl tetex graphviz ghostscript makeFontsConf imagemagick runCommand lib;
+    inherit (haskellPackages) lhs2tex;
   };
 
   texLive = builderDefsPackage (import ../misc/tex/texlive) {