diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/builder.sh b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/builder.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d38440648e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/builder.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+. $stdenv/setup
+
+genericBuild
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fffe641333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/screen/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, ncurses}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "screen-4.0.2";
+  builder = ./builder.sh;
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu/screen/screen-4.0.2.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "ed68ea9b43d9fba0972cb017a24940a1";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [ncurses];
+}