diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/pangoxsl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangoxsl/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0b669da4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/pangoxsl/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, glib, pango}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "pangoxsl-1.6.0.1";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/pangopdf/pangoxsl-1.6.0.1.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "3c2b9b3b77c9b725a2914db90f61f24b";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    glib
+    pango
+  ];
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
index d6e4eeb055f..8990997f8af 100644
--- a/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/system/all-packages-generic.nix
@@ -178,7 +178,10 @@ rec {
   };
 
   xmlroff = (import ../tools/typesetting/xmlroff) {
-    inherit fetchurl stdenv;
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig libxml2 libxslt popt;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib pango gtk;
+    inherit (gnome) libgnomeprint;
+    inherit pangoxsl;
   };
 
   less = (import ../tools/misc/less) {
@@ -712,6 +715,11 @@ rec {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv x11 libtiff libjpeg libpng;
   };
 
+  pangoxsl = (import ../development/libraries/pangoxsl) {
+    inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig;
+    inherit (gtkLibs) glib pango;
+  };
+
   qt3 = import ../development/libraries/qt-3 {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv x11 zlib libjpeg libpng which mysql;
     inherit (xlibs) libXft libXrender;
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/xmlroff/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/xmlroff/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c5b846b72ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/xmlroff/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, pkgconfig, libxml2, libxslt, popt
+, glib, pango, libgnomeprint, pangoxsl, gtk}:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "xmlroff-0.3.4";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = http://surfnet.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/xmlroff/xmlroff-0.3.4.tar.gz;
+    md5 = "f6432e8a66e6f934823463a3f127e4ca";
+  };
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    pkgconfig
+    libxml2
+    libxslt
+    glib
+    pango
+    libgnomeprint
+    pangoxsl
+    gtk
+    popt
+  ];
+}