diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jfsrec/svn-7.nix b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jfsrec/svn-7.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bb124bb52e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/jfsrec/svn-7.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+args : with args; 
+rec {
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jfsrec/jfsrec-svn-7.tar.gz;
+    sha256 = "163z6ljr05vw2k5mj4fim2nlg4khjyibrii95370pvn474mg28vg";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [boost];
+  configureFlags = [];
+
+  doFixBoost = FullDepEntry (''
+    sed -e 's/-lboost_[a-z_]*/&-mt/g' -i src/Makefile.in
+  '') ["minInit" "doUnpack"];
+
+  /* doConfigure should be specified separately */
+  phaseNames = ["doFixBoost" "doConfigure" "doMakeInstall"];
+      
+  name = "jfsrec-" + version;
+  meta = {
+    description = "JFS recovery tool";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 29bf8325166..267de4185bd 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3960,6 +3960,11 @@ let pkgs = rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv;
   };
 
+  jfsrecFun = builderDefsPackage (selectVersion ../os-specific/linux/jfsrec "svn-7"){
+    inherit boost;
+  };
+  jfsrec = jfsrecFun null;
+
   jfsUtilsFun = builderDefsPackage (selectVersion ../os-specific/linux/jfsutils "1.1.12") {
     inherit e2fsprogs;
   };