diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cab9fafdf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, unzip}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "saxon-6.5.3";
+  builder = ./unzip-builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://belnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/saxon/saxon6_5_3.zip;
+    md5 = "7b8c7c187473c04d2abdb40d8ddab5c6";
+  };
+
+  inherit unzip;
+  buildInputs = [unzip];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/unzip-builder.sh b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/unzip-builder.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..34df48d74bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/java/saxon/unzip-builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+unzip $src -d $out
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index c66b1024c50..06c01c65833 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -298,6 +298,10 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  saxon = (import ../development/libraries/java/saxon) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv unzip;
+  };
+
   sharedobjects = (import ../development/libraries/java/shared-objects) {
     j2sdk = j2sdk15;
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;