diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cproto/cproto_patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cproto/cproto_patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3743fef977b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cproto/cproto_patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -Naur cproto-4.6-old/cproto.h cproto-4.6/cproto.h
+--- cproto-4.6-old/cproto.h	1998-01-18 19:49:16.000000000 -0500
++++ cproto-4.6/cproto.h	2004-03-14 00:02:32.148070032 -0500
+@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
+     Declarator *declarator;
+     DeclaratorList decl_list;
+ } YYSTYPE;
++#define YYSTYPE_IS_DECLARED 1
+ 
+ /* Prototype styles */
+ #if OPT_LINTLIBRARY
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cproto/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cproto/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd2856975bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/cproto/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+args:
+args.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "cproto-4.6";
+
+  src = args.fetchurl {
+    url = mirror://sourceforge/cproto/cproto-4.6.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "0ilhkx9iwc5bh65q47mf68p39iyk07d52fv00z431nl6qcb9hp9j";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs =(with args; [flex bison]);
+
+  # patch made by Joe Khoobyar copied from gentoo bugs
+  patches= ./cproto_patch ;
+
+  meta = { 
+      description = "generate C function prototypes from C source code";
+      homepage = http://cproto.sourceforge.net/;
+      license = "public domain";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 0b50710a1d7..83bcdc3a0de 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1974,6 +1974,10 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv replace;
   };
 
+  cproto = import ../development/tools/misc/cproto {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv flex bison;
+  };
+
   dejagnu = import ../development/tools/misc/dejagnu {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv expect makeWrapper;
   };