diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/nvidia-cg-toolkit/default.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/nvidia-cg-toolkit/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..36d0cbaf23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/nvidia-cg-toolkit/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, patchelf }:
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "3.0";
+  date = "February2011";
+  name = "nvidia-cg-toolkit-${version}";
+  src =
+    if stdenv.system == "x86_64-linux" then
+      fetchurl {
+        url = "http://developer.download.nvidia.com/cg/Cg_${version}/Cg-${version}_${date}_x86_64.tgz";
+        sha256 = "07gmnzfsla3vf1kf00cj86p87h6wrdbp6ri4ycslc5kmfxsq7ypq";
+      }
+    else if stdenv.system == "i686-linux" then
+      fetchurl {
+        url = "http://developer.download.nvidia.com/cg/Cg_${version}/Cg-${version}_${date}_x86.tgz";
+        sha256 = "0hr8l0r20akbfm5j0vqv4ghl0acwjf5996pxnfxlajacl9w58nam";
+      }
+    else null;
+  installPhase = ''
+    for b in cgc cgfxcat cginfo
+    do
+        patchelf --set-interpreter ${stdenv.glibc}/lib/ld-linux-*.so.? "bin/$b"
+    done
+    # FIXME: cgfxcat and cginfo need more patchelf
+    ensureDir "$out/bin/"
+    cp -v bin/* "$out/bin/"
+    ensureDir "$out/include/"
+    cp -v -r include/Cg/ "$out/include/"
+    ensureDir "$out/lib/"
+    [ "$system" = "x86_64-linux" ] && cp -v lib64/* "$out/lib/"
+    [ "$system" = "i686-linux" ] && cp -v lib/* "$out/lib/"
+    for mandir in man1 man3 manCg manCgFX
+    do
+        ensureDir "$out/share/man/$mandir/"
+        cp -v share/man/$mandir/* "$out/share/man/$mandir/"
+    done
+    ensureDir "$out/share/doc/$name/"
+    cp -v -r local/Cg/* "$out/share/doc/$name/"
+  '';
+  meta = {
+    homepage = http://developer.nvidia.com/cg-toolkit;
+    license = [ "nonfree-redistributable" ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index da6f33678f8..c4707cf3fe7 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -2307,6 +2307,8 @@ let
 
   nasm = callPackage ../development/compilers/nasm { };
 
+  nvidia_cg_toolkit = callPackage ../development/compilers/nvidia-cg-toolkit { };
+
   ocaml = ocaml_3_11_1;
 
   ocaml_3_08_0 = callPackage ../development/compilers/ocaml/3.08.0.nix { };