diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
index 014eb72dd92..21d03b19c5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/default.nix
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 {stdenv, fetchurl, noSysDirs}:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "binutils-2.14";
+  name = "binutils-2.15";
   builder = ./builder.sh;
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = ftp://ftp.nl.net/pub/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.14.tar.bz2;
-    md5 = "2da8def15d28af3ec6af0982709ae90a";
+    url = http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/binutils/binutils-2.15.tar.bz2;
+    md5 = "624e6b74983ac6b2960edaf2d522ca58";
   };
+  patches = [./no-lex.patch];
   inherit noSysDirs;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/no-lex.patch b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/no-lex.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..face7299a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/binutils/no-lex.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -rc binutils-orig/ld/configure binutils-2.15/ld/configure
+*** binutils-orig/ld/configure	2003-04-24 14:36:07.000000000 +0200
+--- binutils-2.15/ld/configure	2004-09-18 15:18:52.000000000 +0200
+***************
+*** 4414,4420 ****
+  
+  test -n "$LEX" && break
+  done
+! test -n "$LEX" || LEX=""$missing_dir/missing flex""
+  
+  # Extract the first word of "flex", so it can be a program name with args.
+  set dummy flex; ac_word=$2
+--- 4414,4420 ----
+  
+  test -n "$LEX" && break
+  done
+! test -n "$LEX" || LEX="$missing_dir/missing flex"
+  
+  # Extract the first word of "flex", so it can be a program name with args.
+  set dummy flex; ac_word=$2